Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.t2.54

c7.s2.t2.54

general impression still prevails that the an monarchy was despotic in character. It mpression and does not rest on any valid of fact.¹ Distinguished savants like the late r. V. A. Smith and Mr. S. M. Edwardes hold of early Indian kings. How slender their t is, is in evidence from the following state- e late Mr. Edwardes. In the course of a letter d March 17, 1926, Mr. Edwardes writes:--