Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s4.38

c8.s4.38

The assembly had also the power to demand redress of their grievances at any time, or present compensation bills for losses sustained.⁷ It is said that when the council refused to execute the king's orders as regards certain gifts he placed the matter before the assembly. From this we may infer two facts. There were two political institutions, one the council and the other the assembly. The first was known by different terms.—pariṣad, rajukas (Aśoka's inscription), etc.; and the latter by the paura-