| Robert Rickards - 1829 - 682 pàgines
...reference, is here subjoin'' ed:—" A village, geographically considered, is a tract of coun" try comprising some hundreds, or thousands, of acres of...consists of the following descriptions. The Potail, or hoad MM 2 GEORGE. 518 FORT ST. tions of the ablest of the Madras servants, it Mouzawar, or village,... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1829 - 654 pàgines
...inquire into the affairs of India, has given the following general picture of such establishments : ' A village, geographically considered, is a tract of...comprising some hundreds or thousands of acres of arable or waste land. Politically viewed, it resembles a township or corporation. It has its own municipal... | |
| 1829 - 666 pàgines
...inquire into the affairs of India, has given the following general picture of such establishments : ' A village, geographically considered, is a tract of...comprising some hundreds or thousands of acres of arable or waste land. Politically viewed, it resembles a township or corporation. It has its own municipal... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1830 - 398 pàgines
...system, that groundwork of Hindoo polity, seem essential to the object of our present undertaking. " A village, geographically considered, is a tract of...of officers and servants consists of the following descriptions:—the potail,* or head inhabitant, who has the general superintendence of the affairs... | |
| Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles - 1830 - 622 pàgines
...according to the following statement in the Fifth Report of the House of Commons on Indian Affaire. " A village, geographically considered, is a " tract...hundreds or thousands of acres of " arable and waste lands ; politically viewed, it resembles a corporation " or township. Its proper establishment of officers... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1832 - 432 pàgines
...difficulty, if not impossibility, of forming permanent or ryotwar settlements throughout India : — " A village, geographically considered, is a tract of...Its proper establishment of officers and servants consist of the following descriptions : " The potail, or head inhabitant, who has the general superintendence... | |
| Charles Bray - 1841 - 380 pàgines
...considered as a general picture of the original Hindu institutions, pervading the whole continent:—' A village geographically considered, is a tract of...the Potail, or head inhabitant, who has the general superintendance of the affairs of the village, settles the disputes of the inhabitants, attends to... | |
| Charles Bray - 1841 - 694 pàgines
...considered as a general picture of the original Hindu institutions, pervading the whole continent:—' A village geographically considered, is a tract of...the Potail, or head inhabitant, who has the general superintendance of the affairs of the village, settles the disputes of the inhabitants, attends to... | |
| Mary Hennell - 1844 - 374 pàgines
...he disposed of at his pleasure." Persian authority, quoted by Stewart, History of Bengal, p. 132." some hundreds, or thousands, of acres of arable and...the Potail, or head inhabitant,- who has the general superintendance of the affairs of the village, settles the disputes of the inhabitants, attends to... | |
| George Grote - 1846 - 662 pàgines
...village (Mill's History of British India, b. ii. c. 5. p. 266) : "A village politically consideied resembles a corporation or township. Its proper establishment...descriptions :—The potail, or head inhabitant, who settles disputes and collects the revenue, &c.; the curnum, who keeps the accounts of cultivation,... | |
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