A History of Agriculture in India v1.c38.s3.2

v1.c38.s3.2

Besides these officials, the village body politic, according to the South Indian inscriptions, contained an astrologer, a vetti who swept public buildings and kept them in order, a constable, a potter, a smith, a carpenter, a tanner and, sometimes, a physician. The assemblies and their executive committees, called the variyam, were intimately connected with the land-system.