State and Government in Ancient India c27.39

c27.39

*Rajjuka*, 213, 322; 336 Ramchandra Pant Amatya, an Author, 23 *Rāmāyaṇa*, on king's election, 82; and *Paurajānapadasabhā*, 147 *Raṇabhāṇḍāgārādhipa*, 198 *Rāshṭra*, 36, 208-9 Rāshṭrakūṭa administration, king in, 356; *Yuvarāja* in 357; ministry under, 358; feudatories under 359; provincial and district administration in, 360; village administration in, 361; popular voice in, 361-2; taxation under, 364 *Rāshṭrapati*, 360 *Rāshṭramahattara*, 214 *Rathādhipati*, 195 *Rathakāra*, a *ratnin*, 161 *Ratnins*, 161-4 Rebellion, right of, 101-2 Record office, 189 Record officer, 189 Recruitment of officers, 206-7 Regency council, 87 Religious concepts, their influence on polity 55-7 Religious endowments officers, 205 Reporters, 191 Representative system, 145 Republics, evidence of their existence, 108-13; were they democracies ? 112-3 ruling power in, generally with Kshatriyas, 113, in Vedic age, 39, 107; in the *Arthaśāstra*, 112; in the Punjab, 118-22; in Sindh and Rajputana, 120-1, in northern Bihar and Gorakhapur, 121-24; their constitution and administration, 125-8; their Central Assembly and its powers, 127-8; executive of, 132-5; party factions in, 128-31; tribal consciousness in 136; how and when they disappeared, 136-8; see also, 316, 339 Resident, his control over feudatories, 304 Revenue department, 198 Revenue minister, 173 *Ṛigveda*, reference to government in, 5, 139-41 Rousseau on origin of state, 32 Royal astrologer, 194 Royal court, 106-7, 356 Royal household, 194 Royal messengers, 192 Royal physician, 194 Royal titles, 333-4; 339, 356 Rudradāman, election of, 83