Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c15.29

c15.29

Yet it is the scheme of life, as proposed in the sacred texts, which the Government must recognise and enforce. It is not the state which originates social organisation. It is possible, *mutatis mutandis*, to apply to Hindu theory Bosanquet's statement that "the work of the state is *de facto* for the most part 'endorsement' or 'taking over'—setting its imprimatur, the seal of its force, on what more flexible activities or the mere progress of life have wrought out in long years of adventurous experiment or silent growth."²