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Is it true that in north India, the village headman was known as the grama bhojaka?


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a

True 

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False  

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The above statement is True.
Generally, generations of men from the same family held the job. The position was, therefore, hereditary. The largest landowner was usually the grama Bhojaka. Often, he hired workers and kept slaves to work the land. Additionally, because of his strength, the king frequently used him to collect taxes from the village. Moreover, he served as a judge and occasionally a police officer.
 
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