[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) › c4.5 # State and Government in Ancient India c4.5 State and Government in Ancient India c4.5 - **Language:** English ### [c4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c4.5) Chapter VII deals with the powers and functions of the Central Assembly or Popular Parliament. It shows how this institution existed in the Vedic times and gradually disappeared in the later period, when the state began to become more and more extensive. It is shown at the end that the Pauras and the Jānapadas mentioned in the literature and inscriptions of the post-Mauryan period do not denote any popular assemblies or parliaments. - [Previous: c4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c4.4) - [Next: c4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c4.6) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c4.5) · Pramāṇa