[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) › c20.3 # State and Government in Ancient India c20.3 State and Government in Ancient India c20.3 - **Language:** English ### [c20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.3) ¹ कोशमूलाः कोशपूर्वाः सर्वारम्भाः तस्मात्पूर्वं कोशमवेक्षेत । \*A. Ś.\* II. 2 कोशमूला हि राजानः कोशो वृद्धिकरो भवेत् । \*Mbh.\*, XII. 119. 16 कोशमूलो हि राजेति प्रवादः सार्वलौकिकः । \*Kāmandaka\*, XIII. 33 - [Previous: c20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.2) - [Next: c20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.4) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20) ## Cites (3) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.119.16) — Sanskrit - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.2) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.3) · Pramāṇa