[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) › c8.s2.12 # State and Government in Ancient India c8.s2.12 State and Government in Ancient India c8.s2.12 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.12) The names of well-known works like the \*Manusmṛiti\*, the \*Yājñavalkyasmṛiti\*, the \*Parāśarasmṛiti\* and the \*Śukranīti\* show that in ancient India authors often preferred to remain incognito and attributed their works to divine or semi-divine persons. We need not therefore suppose that works on polity attributed to Brahmadeva, Manu, Śiva or Indra existed only in the imagination of a Kauṭilya or the author of the \*Mahābhārata\*. - [Previous: c8.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.11) - [Next: c8.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.13) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2) ## Cites (5) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Parāśarasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.parasara) — Parāśara, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.12) · Pramāṇa