The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s1.t1.7

c10.s1.t1.7

During the lifetime of Śâkya the Buddha and after (c sixth century B. C.), the initiative in local civics and politics was regularly made use of by folk-India. *Santhâgâras* or mote-halls, rest-houses and reservoirs were constructed by the villagers through cooperative efforts. Self-administration extended even to the laying out of parks and the mending of thoroughfares between village and village.