...villages at a distance; but when the storm has passed over, they return and resume their occupations . . . This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India through...

...and convulsion, and acquire strength sufficient to resist pillage and oppression with success. " The union of the Village Communities, each one forming a separate little State in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India through...

...where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds to revolution; ... but the village community remains the same.... This...one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the peoples of India, through...