[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › Hindu Administrative Institutions # Hindu Administrative Institutions Kingship, coronation, ministers, assemblies, central and local administration, revenue, justice, army, foreign relations, from Vedic to Gupta texts and inscriptions. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/dikshitar-vrr) - **Extent:** 2,099 passages, 113,036 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., University of Madras 1929; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar †1953); published before… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c1) — 2 parts - [c2 Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c2) — 5 parts - [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c3) — 6 parts - [c4 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c4) — 1 part - [c5 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c5) — 30 parts - [c6 Chapter I. Sec. i. The Concept of Daṇḍa Nīti](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6) — 71 parts - [c7 Chapter II. The Central Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7) — 7 parts - [c8 Chapter III. Machinery of Organization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8) — 4 parts - [c9 Chapter IV. Fiscal Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9) — 5 parts - [c10 Chapter V. The Department of Justice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10) — 6 parts - [c11 Chapter VI. The Military Organization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c11) — 9 parts - [c12 Chapter VII. Local Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12) — 6 parts - [c13 Chapter VIII. Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c13) — 5 parts - [c14 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c14) — 4 parts - [c15 Books Consulted](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c15) — 2 parts - [c16 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c16) — 51 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) · Pramāṇa