Anil The Yogi: Governance in Ancient India and Impact of Vedic belief

Bharat was oldest civilization in the world. There were around 120 nations which comprised of Bharat.

From book of Hindu Superiority by Har Bilas Sarda

https://www.indianculture.gov.in/hindu-superiority-attempt-determine-position-hindu-race-scale-nations

How did we maintain this long civilization through governance?

Many historians (both Indian and British) have read manusmriti and arth shastra and noticed that the main function of governance primarily in ancient India was on Defense and protection of an individual from others.

Bharat indeed was a free nation, a free civilization. And this freedom finds its source in vedic tradition of Bharatwasis. With the aim towards preserving nature, respecting other human beings, law of karma and cycle of death and birth, Bharatwasis were inherently fearful of doing any harm to anyone. And with this nature, the people were FREE. The houses were not locked in nights and there was freedom to live life, to find any suitable means of leading life, to engage in any activity as long as it did not hurt others,

This led to 2 major achievements in Bharat :

Government was focussed on administration and defense, rather than spending money on daily disputes and crimes
People were able to take unchartered paths without a fear of government interference and could attain/achieve much bigger success across various spheres of lives
Due to maintenance of law by citizens themselves, the harmony among people was very high and it led to overall happy environment, less depression in society
People were more eager to help each other, since they knew that other person will not cheat them, and it led to minimal poor people and overall enrichment of society instead of concentration of powers among a few.

With the distribution of Power and knowledge, society was well distributed between power, wealth and knowledge.