[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.s1.9 # State and Government in Ancient India c19.s1.9 State and Government in Ancient India c19.s1.9 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.s1.9) The Kula court was this informal body of family elders.¹ Or alternatively, it may have been a court taking cognisance of quarrels arising in family units of ten, twenty or forty villages. The Gopa of the \*Arthaśāstra\* was in charge of such units of villages, and they might well have had an informal court of their own, consisting of family elders. - [Previous: c19.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.s1.8) - [Next: c19.s1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.s1.10) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.s1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.s1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19.s1.9) · Pramāṇa