[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.s2.22 # State and Government in Ancient India c8.s2.22 State and Government in Ancient India c8.s2.22 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.22) As the \*Mahābhārata\* has undergone several recensions, it is not easy to fix the time of the above chapters. The treatment of the topics however suggests that the above chapters may be belonging to a period earlier than that of the \*Manusmṛiti\*, i.e. to about the 4th century B. C. - [Previous: c8.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.21) - [Next: c8.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.23) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.22) · Pramāṇa