Public Administration in Ancient India c8.4

c8.4

² Prof. Macdonell says: “It is quite clear that the normal, though not universal, form of government in early India was by Kings, as might be expected in view of the fact that the Āryan Indians were invaders in a hostile territory : a situation which, as in the case of the Āryan invaders of Greece and of the German invaders of England, resulted almost necessarily in strengthening the monarchic element of the constitution.” Vedic Index, Vol. II. p. 210.