Public Administration in Ancient India c4.9

c4.9

In the Rig-Veda, many passages are met with which allude to the colonisation of the country by the Āryas, and speak of the sanguinary wars of the Āryan conquerors with the non-Āryan inhabitants of the country. But nothing is said about the system of administration, and very little information, beyond a few scattered hints, can be obtained from the earlier portion of Vedic literature about the political condition of India during the earliest period of her history. The later Vedic works, however, such as the Aitareya Brāhmana, the Satapatha Brāhmana, and the Atharva-Veda, are more informing in this respect.