The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s2.t2.1

c10.s2.t2.1

The first was known simply as the *Sabhâ* or the deliberative “Council of State”. It studied the “means of commencing operations” and “providing men and materials”. “Distribution of place and time” was one of its functions. And it also addressed itself to the “counteracting of disaster" and "successful accomplishment". The councillors were asked by the Emperor for their advice individually and collectively, and their opinions had to be given together with reasons.