[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.s2.37 # State and Government in Ancient India c8.s2.37 State and Government in Ancient India c8.s2.37 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.37) Kauṭilya was not only a famous statesman but also the founder of a school of politics; hence the great respect in which his name and work have been held by the subsequent centuries. Both Bāṇa¹ and Daṇḍin² refer to the study of this work especially by the princes, and the Jain tradition, as recorded in the \*Nandīsūtra\* (p. 391) enumerates the work among the heretical books along with the \*Rāmāyaṇa\* and the \*Bhārata\*. Even south Indian epigraphs describe skilled administrators and diplomats like king Durvinīta (9th century)³ and Mārashimha (10th century) of the Ganga dynasty³ as incarnations of Vishṇugupta or Kauṭilya or as well versed in his statecraft. - [Previous: c8.s2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.36) - [Next: c8.s2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.38) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2) ## Cites (5) - [Daśakumāracarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.prasiddha.dasakumaracarita) — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit - [Nandī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cullika.1) — Devavācaka, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit - [Kādambarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.prasiddha.kadambari) — Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.37) · Pramāṇa