Local Government in Ancient India c9.170

c9.170

But besides receiving and managing the trust-properties of others, these popular bodies also endowed charities at the public charge. As instances we may refer to nos. 489-93 and 382 of 1907 registering gifts of land by the Sabhā, to nos. 51 and 52 of 1911 recording the gift of land by the assembly for the purpose of maintaining a garden to grow red lilies for the temple, to no. 69 of 1914 in which the Mahāsabhā makes a gift of tank for supplying red lotuses for the temple, or to nos. 195 and 196 of 1908 which are Cola epigraphs recording the gift of land by the assembly in charge of *grāma-kārya* (village affairs) to endow worship for the sake of the health and victory of the king—a rather rare object for such charities. The northern Mandasor inscription of Kumāragupta records a benefaction made by a guild.