Epigraphia Indica Vol 23

SR No.: 032577
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1935
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[VOL. XXIII.
22 afë adhuff
Htefa Ha[: 1*]
ET
JA(HRT pat
Third Plate ; Second Side. 23 ata ta aa[a *}' agfingar FATTI) funtfefu[:*] 24 Te R agi faal) en er wei(27) [»*]} RETTI(TI)
UTERT(Ft) 9 uur25 su grafet [*] Afeftuara eraldaturgafafane [19] - 26 189(T)at (TV) a ante fe poc Bat(at) tv[fa]a u
The Seal. 1 we[wrap]any [a]H[A]HTTEGA Va: 1") . 2 ........... [m]ht [n*]
No. 4.-A NOTE ON THE PANCHAVARA COMMITTEE.
BY K. V. SUBRAHMANYA AIYER, B.A., COIMBATORE. One of the principal duties of the village assemblies, of whatever description they may be, sabhā, úr or nagara, was to secure to the king the taxes or incomes due by the village as a whole. These incomes seem to have been once for all determined and entered in the accounts of the State, the nādu and the village. The various assemblies mentioned above are given a latitude of free action in the general management of the lands in the village, but are made primarily responsible for the realisation and payment to the State of the incomes due to it. Subject to this responsibility, they seem to have been empowered to dispose of lands according to circumstances, viz., to compound taxes on lands given away as dēvadānas, brahmadēgas, passichchandas, tālābhāgas, etc.; to afford facilities for making the waste lands arable ; to authorise the opening of channels, tanks and the like for improving farms; and to regulate the supply of water both for drinking and for onltivation purposes. Besides this responsibility, their chief function appears to have been the management of endowments made to temples and charitable institutions in the villages under their jurisdiction; the well-being of the subjects; local administration of justice, etc., for which they seem to have been vested with necessary powers. For carrying out these varying duties, the members of village assemblies appear to have formed themselves into different committees.
Metro: Anushubh. * The syllables which were omitted here have been incised below the line with a kakapada sign. • Read Opalanam ili.
[I am inclined to read this symbol s 7.-Ed.]
Metro: Anushubh. Read the latter half of the verse as Srimat-SudEvardjanya sthiran jagati hennai(*) following the other plates of this ruler.