Public Administration in Ancient India c22.4

c22.4

In the early Vedic times, no sharp line of distinction was drawn between the religious and the political activities of the people. Sacrificial meetings were often converted into assemblies for the discussion of matters of military, civil, and judicial interest. Gradually, however, it must have been found necessary to separate the political functions of the State from the religious concerns of the people, and the rise of the caste-system perhaps helped this process of separation.