[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.s2.2 # State and Government in Ancient India c17.s2.2 State and Government in Ancient India c17.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c17.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.s2.2) Aśoka had followed a policy of decentralisation and granted large powers to the \*rajjukas\*. Subject to the general imperial policy, they had full administrative powers in civil, revenue and criminal affairs. They could confer favours or impose punishments as demanded by the situation.¹ Under the Rāshṭrakūṭas, on the other hand, their powers appear to have been restricted; even Baṅkeya, the favourite Banavāsi viceroy of Amoghavarsha, had to take the imperial sanction for alienating a village in favour of a Jain temple.² Hardly any data are available to determine the powers of the officers over \*bhuktis\* under the Pratīhāras. - [Previous: c17.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.s2.1) - [Next: c17.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.s2.3) - [Up: c17.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17.s2.2) · Pramāṇa