Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c9.2.5

c9.2.5

but it is safe to conclude that the former represent an earlier stage of development. Sir Henry Maine supposed that rules of conduct were first worked out by priestly lawyers who later addressed themselves to the kingly power to have them enforced. The little that we know of legal and administrative evolution in ancient India does not support Maine's hypothesis.² The civil and spiritual jurisdictions seem to have run concurrently, though the former was constantly expanding in scope.