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The village administration was run by the headman of the village who was styled as gamasami 2, or gamauda (gramakula) ³. In one instance from the Vasudevahindi by Sanghadasa, the gamasami has been referred to as gamabhoiga 4. He was so called probably because that village was given as a donation to his family by the ruler of the country 5. 1. Vasudevahindi by Sanghadasa,247; Vasudevahindi by Dharmadasa, II.149a. 2. Ibid., 54, 284. 3. Ibid., 295; Ratthauda as a family name has been referred to in the Vasudevahindi(F) (p. 20). Frobably the origin of the designation lay in somebody holding an administrative post of being in command of a rastra unit. 4. Vasudevahindi by Sanghadasa, 193; In this connection it can be noted that certain officials of Usabha were called +bhoga's. They were so called, it is explained in the text, because they enjoyed the produce (bhoga), due to the favour of the king; Vasudevahindi by Sanghadasa, 162. 5. Ibid., 193.

114 In the case of farmer Meru, who was a gamauda, it was proved that he had watered his own field by breaking open the bund of the adjacent field (keyarapalim bhamjiuna). Therefore, he was sentenced to death by the king 1 This shows that though village was the smallest administrative unit the subjects could directly approach the king through written complaints in case there were some deficiencies in the administration. Village chief (gamauda) has been referred to in the Vasudevahindi by Dharmadasa as being at the base of the administrative hierarchy of the king 2.