[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) › c19.18 # State and Government in Ancient India c19.18 State and Government in Ancient India c19.18 - **Language:** English ### [c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.18) Prāḍvivāka or the Chief Justice, who deputised for the king during his absence, was naturally a legal luminary of high reputation. He was to be well versed both in substantive law as well as in the law of procedure. He was to be a master in the sacred as well as in the customary law. - [Previous: c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.17) - [Next: c19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.19) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.18) · Pramāṇa