Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.1

c8.s2.1

Among the eighteen *tīrthas* or departments of the administrative machinery of the ancient Hindus, the institution of *purohita* or king’s advisor in matters religious and secular as well,⁵ was a prominent and influential one. That it was so even in very early times is sufficiently clear from the *Saṃhitā* and the *Brāhmaṇa* compositions.