Self-Governing Hindu Villages

Essays

A Portrait of Hindu Village Administration and Jurisprudence

A Portrait of Hindu Village Administration and Jurisprudence

Hindu Village Administration presents a brilliant portrait of a near-perfect decentralised administration

Visiting the Extraordinary Village Administrative Universe of Ukkal

Visiting the Extraordinary Village Administrative Universe of Ukkal

The fourteen inscriptions discovered in 1893 at Ukkal village, now in Tiruvannamalai district, open the doors to a splendid universe of how village administration had been perfected in south India.

The Unknown Story of the Valour of the Yogic Village of Sorade

The Unknown Story of the Valour of the Yogic Village of Sorade

This is the fascinating and ennobling history of Sorade, a village near Shivamogga. Its modern name is Choradi. For the longest time, Sorade was an independent and self-governing village republic not under the control of any king. It took pride in describing itself as an Agrahara in which all people