Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s1.1

c12.s1.1

India of to-day is in a state of transition to Responsible Government. The first instalments of Reforms have been inaugurated by the Act of 1919, and it would not be long before Provincial autonomy becomes an accomplished fact. Under these circumstances a detailed examination of what Local Government was in ancient India, would be not only interesting but also informing. The subject has received already considerable attention but has not had the fullness of treatment warranted by the material available and its actual importance deserved.