[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c6.s2.20 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s2.20 Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s2.20 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.20) This state of anarchy presupposes a state of nature where one finds perpetual conflict between strong and weak individuals in a group with the result that the weak are defeated and subjugated by the strong. This then indicates what we to-day understand by the terms, the struggle for existence and the survival of the fittest. This is surely the individualistic theory with a vengeance. People of sanity grew sick of this state of affairs and desired peace. Necessity for a powerful hand to dominate the people was badly felt, and the result was the code of laws which goes by the general term, \*daṇḍa nīti\*, the guiding feature of which is the institution of kingship.¹ - [Previous: c6.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.19) - [Next: c6.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.21) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.20) · Pramāṇa