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15*5 NARADA. XI, 3.
(other) members of the same community, and the
senior (inhabitants of the district),
*3. (As also) with those living outside on the
outskirts of the village and who live by the tillage
of fields situated in those parts, and with herdsmen,
bird-catchers, hunters, and other inhabitants of the
woods.
4. These men shall determine the boundary, in
accordance with the (old) landmarks, (such as) chaff
of grain, coal, pot-sherds, wells, sanctuaries, trees,
5. Objects of general notoriety, such as ant-hills,
artificial mounds, slopes, hills and the like, and fields,
gardens, roads, and old dikes.
6. When a piece of ground has been carried off
by a stream, or abandoned (by the owner), or when
the boundary marks have been destroyed, (they
shall fix the boundary) according to the inference
to be drawn from (an inspection of) the spot, and
according to the traces of possession (held by the
former owner).
* 7. Should the neighbours speak falsely, when
called upon to decide a question of this sort, they
shall all be punished one by one by the king, each
having to pay the fine of the (second or) middlemost
degree.
*8. The corporation, the senior (inhabitants of
3. The foresters shall only be consulted in default of cultivators
whose fields are adjacent to the boundaries of the village. Virami-
trodaya, p. 456. Manu VIII, 260. Ya^navalkya II, 150.
4, 5. Manu VIII, 246-251; Ya^navalkya II, 151.
7. Manu VIII, 263; Yagnavalkya II, 153. The fine of the
second degree consists of 500 Paraas.
8. The lower degree of punishment in the case of the persons
here mentioned seems to be due to the fact that they may be
supposed to be interested in the suit.
(other) members of the same community, and the
senior (inhabitants of the district),
*3. (As also) with those living outside on the
outskirts of the village and who live by the tillage
of fields situated in those parts, and with herdsmen,
bird-catchers, hunters, and other inhabitants of the
woods.
4. These men shall determine the boundary, in
accordance with the (old) landmarks, (such as) chaff
of grain, coal, pot-sherds, wells, sanctuaries, trees,
5. Objects of general notoriety, such as ant-hills,
artificial mounds, slopes, hills and the like, and fields,
gardens, roads, and old dikes.
6. When a piece of ground has been carried off
by a stream, or abandoned (by the owner), or when
the boundary marks have been destroyed, (they
shall fix the boundary) according to the inference
to be drawn from (an inspection of) the spot, and
according to the traces of possession (held by the
former owner).
* 7. Should the neighbours speak falsely, when
called upon to decide a question of this sort, they
shall all be punished one by one by the king, each
having to pay the fine of the (second or) middlemost
degree.
*8. The corporation, the senior (inhabitants of
3. The foresters shall only be consulted in default of cultivators
whose fields are adjacent to the boundaries of the village. Virami-
trodaya, p. 456. Manu VIII, 260. Ya^navalkya II, 150.
4, 5. Manu VIII, 246-251; Ya^navalkya II, 151.
7. Manu VIII, 263; Yagnavalkya II, 153. The fine of the
second degree consists of 500 Paraas.
8. The lower degree of punishment in the case of the persons
here mentioned seems to be due to the fact that they may be
supposed to be interested in the suit.