[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) › c19.32 # State and Government in Ancient India c19.32 State and Government in Ancient India c19.32 - **Language:** English ### [c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.32) What was the highest court in the republican state can only be inferred. It is not improbable that the President himself might have been the highest judicial authority. Or it might have been vested in one of the members of the Central Cabinet who was in charge of law and justice (see \*ante\*, Chap. VI). It is quite likely that the lower courts in a republic were similar to those in the monarchy, which would be now described. - [Previous: c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.31) - [Next: c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.33) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.32) · Pramāṇa