Thevery Article Aims at Administration of Justice In Pre-British India In Political Context. Societies In Ancient Indiawere Governed By 'Moral Law': It Was Not 'Law' As We Understand It Today, Sinceit Did Not Owe Its Origin to the Command of any Sovereign, Nor Was There- Anyhabit of Obedience to a Determinate Person. In Ancient India, 'Law' Was Thatwhich Was Believed to Have Been Ordained By a Divine Author. It Was More Likewhat the Romans Calied Jus Receptum-Law By Acceptance. In Ancient India, Theprincipal Source of ‘Law’ (In This Sense) Was the Smritis. 'Smriti' Meantliteraliy 'That Which Was Remembered': the Recoliections Handed Down By Therishis (Or Sages of Antiquity), of the Precepts of God.