[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923) › c19.s4.32 # Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s4.32 Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s4.32 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.32) Regarding general administration, and the government of provinces, districts and villages, we have more detailed information. The designations of some of the highest officers of state did not differ from those in vogue during the Maurya period. \*Mahāmātras\*, and \*Rajjukas\* play an important part in the days of the \*Sātavāhanas\* and Scythians as in the time of Aśoka. But side by side with these functionaries we hear of others who do not figure in inscriptions of the Maurya Epoch although some of them appear in the \*Arthaśāstra\* attributed to Kauṭilya. - [Previous: c19.s4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.31) - [Next: c19.s4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.33) - [Up: c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.32) · Pramāṇa