Self-Governing Hindu Villages
A Portrait of Hindu Village Administration and Jurisprudence
Hindu Village Administration presents a brilliant portrait of a near-perfect decentralised administration
South Indian History
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.
Hindu History
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