[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.s2.56 # State and Government in Ancient India c8.s2.56 State and Government in Ancient India c8.s2.56 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.56) The \*Bārhaspatya Arthaśāstra\* is a small, unimportant and late booklet, doing justice neither to its subject nor to the reputation of its supposed author. Like some of the earlier Smṛitis, a few later Smṛitis also occasionally deal with administration, but their treatment is quite perfunctory.¹ The Purāṇas of the Gupta and post-Gupta period also deal with State and Government, but disclose no originality of thought or treatment.² - [Previous: c8.s2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.55) - [Next: c8.s2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.57) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Bārhaspatya Arthaśāstra (Bārhaspatyasūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.barhaspatya) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8.s2.56) · Pramāṇa