[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c8.s5.3 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s5.3 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s5.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.3) The governing class of each \*Janapada\*, however, was distinguished from the rest of its citizens by the designation \*Janapadins\* (IV.3.100), or the citizens proper as an elect body or nucleus representing the original settlers. - [Previous: c8.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.2) - [Next: c8.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.4) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.4.3.100) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.3) · Pramāṇa