State and Government in Ancient India c27.34

c27.34

Palace department, 194-5; 324 *Pālāgala*, a ratnin, 162 Pañchagaṇa republic, 119 *Pañchamaṇḍalī*, village council, 230 *Paṇḍita*, minister for religion, 172 Pāṇini, on republics, 118 importance of his work, 118 n. 1 *Paṇyādhyaksha*, 202 Paramount power; its control over feudatories, 304-308 Parāśara, author, 7 *Parimitrārtha-dūta*, 300 Parliament, see under *Central Assembly* and *Paura-Jānapada*. *Pārshṇigrāha*, 294 *Pārshṇigrāhāsāra*, 294 Pārśva, a republic, 118 Party factions, 128-130 Parties, how named in republics, 130 Passport officer, 194 Pātaliputra, government of, 225-6; 324 Patañjali and Kauṭilya, 12 *Pathaka*, a subdivision, 218 Patriarch, 34; 80 Patriotism, 70-72 *Pattyadhyaksha*, 195 *Paura-jānapada-sabhā*, not in the *Rāmāyaṇa*, 147-8; or in *Mṛichchhakaṭika*, 149; not in inscriptions 148; 153-4; not under Khāravela, 148 its supposed powers, 149-53; Philosophical concepts in polity, 55-7 Piśuna, an author, 7 Pleaders, 258-9 Poet-laureate, 194 Police department, 204 Political Agent, 304 Political obligations, grounds for, 72-4 Political science, names for, 1-4; its history, 4-23; its writers, 4-23; relative importance of, 1-4; contents of the lost works on, 8; why original works upon it not written in latter times, 17-18; becomes a secular science, 3-4 influence of religious and philosophical concepts on 55-7 Portfolioes, 167-73; combination of, 177 Popular assemblies at centre in Vedic times 140-44 in later times, 145-55; in provinces, 214; in districts, 216; in Tehsils, 219 in towns, 221-3 *Pradhāna*, chief minister, 169 *Prāḍvivāka*, 172 *Pradeshṭris*, 322 *Pradesikas*, 322 *Prakṛitis*, seven, 44-45 *Pramātā*, 199 *Pratīhāra*, 194 *Pratinidhi*, a minister, 169 Priest as the first king, 34 Prime-minister, 169 Primogeniture, 84 Prince, training of, 85-86 Privileged classes, 68-9 Provincial administration, 209-12 Pūga, village court, 252-3 *Purohita*, his influence on administration, 53-4; his place in ministry, 168, his duties, 168 Purukutsa, king, his semi-divinity, 89 *Pustapāla*, record officer, 216