Gandhian socialism generally centers on Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule authored by Gandhi.
Federation of political and economical power and demonstrating a traditionalist reluctance towards the modernisation of technology and large scale industrialisation whilst emphasising self-employment and self-reliance are key features of Gandhian socialism.
[1][2] Gandhian socialism was greatly influenced by ideas that he embraced from his reading of Ruskin's Unto This Last in 1904 during a 24-hour train journey in South Africa.
[3] He translated the book into Gujarati as Sarvodaya (welfare of all) and summarized its contents into three main ideas: He articulated his ideas in his work work titled Swaraj and India of My Dreams in which, he describes Indian society, with no one rich or poor, no class conflict, where there is an equal distribution of the resources, and self-sufficient economy without any exploitation and violence.
To understand Gandhi's socialist philosophy, as Romain Rolland observed; "it should be realized that his doctrine is like a huge edifice composed of two different floors or grades.