[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) › c7.s6.7 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s6.7 Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s6.7 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.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\*. - [Previous: c7.s6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s6.6) - [Next: c7.s6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s6.8) - [Up: c7.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s6) ## Cites (3) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.162) — Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s6.7) · Pramāṇa