[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) › c8.s2.1 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.1 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.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. - [Previous: c8.s1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s1.52) - [Next: c8.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.2) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) — Sanskrit - [Saṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.1) · Pramāṇa