Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.22

c12.s3.22

It is a patent fact that our smṛtis rule that local affairs ought to be settled by local courts formed by the people and not by the central court. To put it briefly, local administration, whether it was industrial or commercial, political or social, was administered by local courts wherein the principle of neighbourhood was the prevalent factor. It is interesting to find inscriptional evidence in favour of this principle.³