Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s1.55

c12.s1.55

Inference then is obvious that these various political divisions were self-contained groups answerable to the Central Government so far as the finance side was concerned. Towards this end there were a number of officials appointed by the state to collect taxes and revenues due to the Central Government, which in return offered a general protection against common dangers. These state officials did not interfere in any way with the internal affairs of the land save the collection of revenues. And it is also to be noticed that both towns and villages enjoyed local self-government to the full.