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or Presidents (jeṭṭhaka' or pamukha) of such guilds are sometimes described as quite important persons, wealthy, favourites at the court. The guilds are said to have had powers of arbitration between the mem
FIG. 22.
ANCIENT INDIAN HEAD-DRESS.
[From a medallion on the Bharahat Tope. Pl. xxiv. Fig. 2.]
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bers of the guild and their wives. And disputes between one guild and another were in the jurisdiction of the maha-seṭṭhi, the Lord High Treasurer, who acted as a sort of chief Alderman over the Aldermen of the guilds (865).
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