Local Government in Ancient India c9.143

c9.143

No. 85 (Hultzsch, *South Ind. Inscr.*, vol. I) refers to an ‘assembly’ (*sabhā*) which made the following written agreement: ‘We have received twenty *karañjus*¹ weight of gold. ... (From) the interest of these 20 *karañjus* of gold, we ... the great people, who constitute the village-assembly of our village, shall measure and give every year 90 *kāḍis* of paddy, without breaking our promise (even) partially’. ² Fragment no. 146 (ibid., p. 140) includes as a clause in the agreement the payment of a ‘fine of a quarter *pon* daily’ for non-fulfilment of the contract.