Local Government in Ancient India c13.82

c13.82

¹ A very good account of the evidence is given in the brilliant essay entitled ‘An Introduction to Hindu Polity’ contributed to the *Modern Review* (Calcutta), by Mr. K. P. Jayaswal, M.A. (Oxon.), Barrister-at-law, Tagore Professor of Law for 1917 in the Calcutta University. Among other notable recent contributions dealing with the democratic elements of Hindu polity may be mentioned the articles on ‘Forms and types of State in Ancient India’ in the *Modern Review* by Narendranath Law, M.A., B.L., on ‘Democratic Ideals and Republican Institutions in India’ and allied topics in the *American Political Science Review*, vol. XII, from the brilliant pen of Prof. Benoykumar Sarkar, M.A., and the books *Corporate life in Ancient India* (published since the first edition of the present work was in type) by Ramesachandra Mazumdar, M.A., Ph.D., and *Carmichael Lectures* by Prof. D. R. Bhandarkar, M.A. The South Indian evidence on the subject is dealt with by Prof. S. Krishnaswami Aiyengar in his *Ancient India* and in an article in the Bhandarkar Commemoration Volume from the authoritative pen of Mr. H. Krishna Sastry, the Madras Epigraphist.