...distinguish both the private life and the public administration of justice and equity in an Indian village. Take a man out of his village-community, and you remove him from all the restraints of society. f He is out of his element, and, under temptation, is more likely to go wrong than to remain true to...

...distinguish both the private life and the public administration of justice and equity in an Indian village2. Take a man out of his village-community, and you remove...him from all the restraints of society. He is out of 1 Ancient India as described by Megasthenes and Arrian, by McCrindle, p. 42. * ' Perjury seems to be...

...grave docs perjury become.' Sir G. Campbell, quoted by S. Johnson, Oriental Religious, India, p. 288. his element, and, under temptation, is more likely...wrong than to remain true to the traditions of his home-life. Even between village and village the usual restraints of public morality are not always...

...distinguish both the private life and the public administration of justice and equity in an Indian village.* Take a man out of his villagecommunity, and you remove him from all the restraints of society. He is oat of his element, and, under temptation, is more likely to go wrong than to remain time to the traditions...

...Campbell, quoted by S. Johnson, Oriental Religions, India, p. 288. man out of his village- community, and you remove him from all the restraints of society....wrong than to remain true to the traditions of his home-life. Even between village and village the usual restraints of public morality are not always...

...written much earlier than its publication in 1844). Miiller's remarks invoke a child-like innocence: "Take a man out of his village-community, and you...to remain true to the traditions of his home life" (ibid.: 49). It is the ruralized and rustic India of the European imagination which constitutes the...