[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c10.s2.2 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c10.s2.2 Hindu Administrative Institutions c10.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s2.2) They are on the other hand big territorial units comprising a vast area. Even the ideas of an empire are not unknown. The \*Rāmāyaṇa\* shows an Indian Empire in theory stretching from the Himalayas to Ceylon all under the sway of Rāma. In this epoch again the subsidiary sources of law exercised a profound influence. With the organization of the judicial department there was also an advancement in legal procedure. The duty of the judges was the same as it is to-day. The application of the law to cases coming before them and interpretation of its technicalities and advice to the king on law, morality, and ethics were their chief functions.¹ - [Previous: c10.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s2.1) - [Next: c10.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s2.3) - [Up: c10.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s2.2) · Pramāṇa