The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s2.t1.3

c10.s2.t1.3

It is not clear as to which, if any, of these assemblies looked after the making of laws. Legislation may be presumed to have been the work of the “people’s representatives” who constituted the first among the five national bodies. But there is another point on which more light is needed. Whom did this body represent? What connection did these representatives have with the primary assemblies, the rural *sabhâs*? The *panchâyats* of the villages or the local soviets may be presumed to have sent up deputies to the capital in order to form the metropolitan assembly of the people.