Local Government in Ancient India c9.89

c9.89

The degree of control of the guild over its members is evident from the fact that its interference was invoked to settle differences between its members and their wives (*Vin.* IV. 226) and also from the ordinance of the Buddhist church, which forbade the giving religious orders to the wife of a member unless his guild had sanctioned it (*Sutta Vibhaṅga* quoted in *Economic Journal*, 1901. p. 313).