[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [State and Government in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949) › c17.7 # State and Government in Ancient India c17.7 State and Government in Ancient India c17.7 - **Language:** English ### [c17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.7) ² \*E. I.\*, XV. pp. 125. ff. When the \*Mitāksharā\* on \*Yaj.\* I. 315 states that only a king can make the grant of land and not a \*bhogapati\*, it is obviously referring to the head of this territorial division. - [Previous: c17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.6) - [Next: c17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.8) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.7) · Pramāṇa