Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s6.7

c7.s6.7

¹ As to the origin of this institution Eggeling seems to take the view that it must be a later institution as there is no positive evidence in the *Rig Veda Saṃhita*. There are however references in the *Rig Veda* (i. 162, 163) even in the very first *maṇḍala*. Prof. Eggeling is quite aware of these but would have them as 'latest productions' for reasons we cannot divine. We could not set aside these positive indications, because the *Rig Veda Brāhmaṇas*, the *Aitareya* and the *Kausītaki* have not mentioned it. Perhaps it is not material to the point in the *Brāhmaṇas*.