[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.s4.8 # Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s4.8 Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s4.8 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.8) But we must not suppose that the entire administrative structure of the period was a replica of the Maurya constitution. The foreign conquerors of North-Western India brought with them several institutions which had been prevalent for ages in the countries through which they passed. Thus the Persian system of government by Satraps was introduced in several provinces of Northern, Western and Southern India, and officials with the Greek titles of \*Meridarch\*⁴ (probably District Officer) and \*Strategos\* (general or governor) ruled contemporaneously with functionaries having the Indian designation of \*Amātya\* (minister or civil officer in charge of a district) and \*Mahāsenāpati\* (great general or military governor). - [Previous: c19.s4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.7) - [Next: c19.s4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.9) - [Up: c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s4.8) · Pramāṇa