Public Administration in Ancient India c23.5

c23.5

A discussion of these points would take us beyond the scope of the present work, and we shall therefore confine our attention to the Āryan system of village administration. In the early Vedic times, the villagers themselves managed the simple affairs of the village;² but the States being small, there was hardly any distinction between the Central and the Local Government. In course of time, however, it was found necessary to have a separate organisation for the management of local affairs; and as the States grew larger and larger in size, the distinction between the two kinds of governmental activity became more and more marked.