State and Government in Ancient India c13.80

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c13.80

¹ One Jātaka states that there were twice eighty four thousand nobles at Vaiśālī (I. 271). Probably the total population of the ruling class was 1,68,000 and the Assembly probably consisted of the heads of big joint families, each consisting of about 20 persons.

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