Public Administration in Ancient India c9.2

c9.2

FROM very early times down to the fourth century B.C., the country was divided into a large number of independent States—Kingdoms, Oligarchies, or Republics. In the Vedic Age, there was a large number of tribes who inhabited the Punjab. The most important of these tribes were the Pūrus, the Yadus, the Turvasas, the Druhyus, and the Anus.¹ As the Āryans advanced eastward and southward the number of Āryan States steadily increased, either by the establishment of new administrations or by the re-modelling of the pre-Āryan governments then existing.