[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) › c20.73 # State and Government in Ancient India c20.73 State and Government in Ancient India c20.73 - **Language:** English ### [c20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.73) ⁴ षड्भागमुपलक्षणं यावता प्रजानां पीडा न स्यात् तावदेव प्रजापालनस्यावश्यकत्वात् ॥ \*Smṛitiratnākara\*, p. 62 - [Previous: c20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.72) - [Next: c20.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.74) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20) ## Cites (1) - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20.73) · Pramāṇa