Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.107

c12.s3.107

¹ Śukra, iv. 5. 24; Bṛhaspati, i. 25-27; Manu, viii. 62. 258-62; Yājñavalkya, ii. 150-52; Vasiṣṭa, xvi. 13; *Arthaśāstra*, Bk. iii, Sec. 9; The remarks of Mr. Havell are apposite, ‘In a small village the Council Tree or Tree of Justice, would give sufficient shelter for the general meeting of the householders who formed the parliament of the Indo-Aryan village. They have the power of nominating all the Ministers—the Council of five—except the headman whose office was hereditary but who could be deposed by the *Rāja*, the head of the clan, in case of any grievous offence against the laws of the Aryan community. In larger villages and towns the meeting place of this general assembly would be in the parks or groves of sacred trees planted near the gates.’ See also the *History of Aryan Rule in India*, p. 23.