The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s1.t1.4
The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s1.t1.4
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c10.s1.t1.4
Kingship may be taken to have originated early among the Vedic institutions. But in regard to these folkmoots, which were really "direct democracies" of the people, the king's position was virtually that of a "permanent executive".