...Commons in 1832 : " The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything they can want within themselves and almost independent of any foreign relations. They seem to last when nothing else lasts. Dynasty follows dynasty, revolution succeeds to revolution; Hindu, Patan,...

...in 1832 in the following way: The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything they want within themselves, and almost independent...Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds revolution. . ., but the village community remains the same . . . This little state in itself, has,...

...shiftings in inter-state struggles. Kingdoms rose and collapsed but the self-sufficient village survived. "The village communities are little republics having...independent of any foreign relations. They seem to last within themselves where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds...

...competition was for culti1 Sir Charles Metcalfe, writing in 1830 of Indian village communities, said : " They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down ; revolution succeeds revolution ; Hindu, Pathan, Mughal, Marattas, Sikh, English, are all masters in turn ; but the village...

...described them as follows: The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything they can want within themselves, and almost independent of...dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds to revolution; ... but the village community remains the same.... This union of the village communities, each one...

...anarchy in the realm. . . . And in Northern India, Sir Charles Metcalfe had stated in 1 830 that . . . 'they seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty...dynasty tumbles down, revolution succeeds to revolution, Hindu, Pathan, Moghal, Mahratta, Sikh, English, are masters in turn, but the Village Communities remain...