Local Government in Ancient India c15.26
Local Government in Ancient India c15.26
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c15.26
Most of these institutions are of the twelfth century, the time of the great Liṅgāyat revival throughout the Kannaḍa-speaking countries, superseding the Jains and ousting the Brāhmans. Hence the growth of such institutions for the protection of Brahmanical culture, as rightly pointed out by Rice (*Ep. Car.*, vol. III, p. 8).