The Indian Review September 1936 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Discussion of All Topics of Interest

In the age of Silpasastra the condition of villages on the one side and that of cities on the other appears to have been like that of the town of the above description. [...] Of the public buildings there is a Siva temple at the north-east corner and a Vishnu temple at the corner formed by the junction of the surrounding road on the west and the straight road across the middle of the village. [...] The vision of the village was doubtless circumscribed but that was the result of a clear demacation between the sphere of the village and the sphere of the king. [...] The manifesto adds that the Congress representatives will work for the establishment of civil liberty release of political prisoners and detenus and reparation of wrongs done to the peasantry and public institutions in the tours of the national struggle and reiterates pending the formulation of a fuller programme its declaration made at Haraohi that it stands for reform of -the586 THE INDIAN [...] The kingdoms of Golconda and Bijapur the Naik kings of Kanara nay even the Moghul kings of Delhi were obliged to seek the favour of the Portuguese in the matter of access to the sea.