The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s1.t9.7

c10.s1.t9.7

Every arrival and departure of guests had to be notified to the city police by the inhabitants. Failure was visited with a fine of three *paṇas* provided there was no thieving at night. The city kept special watch on the movements and whereabouts of hermits and ascetics. The names of spendthrifts and persons cruel in nature were entered on the municipal “black list”.⁵