Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s1.59

c12.s1.59

The Department of Local Self-government also took keen interest in the administration of justice, the development of arts and commerce and other like things. These were carried on locally by individuals or committees appointed by the village, or more appropriately by the village assembly. Generally it is the committee of the elders of the village or of the neighbourhood that administered justice in rural parts. According to Yājñavalkya the committee was to consist of at least forty persons. The sale of sites for house-building, the settlement of disputes arising from similar transactions, were to be effected as follows:—