Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.82

c12.s3.82

Thus the king had the right of control and supervision. If these institutions broke away from the recognized path of *dharma* the king could punish and bring them back into order. Again Manu³ ordains that a king should act in such a way as not to prejudice the laws of self-governing corporations which were carrying on work by a process of devolution in their relation with the central state. This subordinate position to the ruling chief held by these institutions is again manifest in *Bṛhaspati*.⁴