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# State and Government in Ancient India

Origin and types of the state, kingship, council of ministers, republics, central and provincial administration, village government, revenue, law, army, interstate relations.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [A. S. Altekar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/altekar-as)
- **Extent:** 2,152 passages, 138,738 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Banaras: Motilal Banarsidass 1949; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (A. S. Altekar †1960)

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c1) — 10 parts
- [c2 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c2) — 1 part
- [c3 Preface to the Third Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c3) — 3 parts
- [c4 Preface to the First Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c4) — 14 parts
- [c5 Preface to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c5) — 12 parts
- [c6 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c6) — 1 part
- [c7 Transliteration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c7) — 2 parts
- [c8 Chapter I. Name, History and Sources of the Science of Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c8) — 3 parts
- [c9 Chapter II: Origin and Types of the State](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c9) — 38 parts
- [c10 Chapter III: Nature, Aims and Functions of the State](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c10) — 33 parts
- [c11 Chapter IV: The State and the Citizen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c11) — 28 parts
- [c12 Chapter V: The Kingship](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c12) — 25 parts
- [c13 Chapter VI: Republics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c13) — 139 parts
- [c14 Chapter VII: Central Assembly](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c14) — 40 parts
- [c15 Chapter VIII: Ministry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c15) — 194 parts
- [c16 Chapter IX: Secretariat and Departments](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c16) — 146 parts
- [c17 Chapter X: Provincial, Divisional, District and Town Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c17) — 14 parts
- [c18 Chapter XI: Village Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c18) — 4 parts
- [c19 Chapter XII: Judicial Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c19) — 38 parts
- [c20 Chapter XIII: Income and Expenditure](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c20) — 233 parts
- [c21 Chapter XIV: Interstate Relations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c21) — 56 parts
- [c22 Chapter XV: Historical Survey of Administrations, Part I: From the Vedic to the Mauryan Age](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c22) — 8 parts
- [c23 Chapter XVI: Historical Survey of Administrations: Part II: Post-Mauryan Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c23) — 7 parts
- [c24 Chapter XVII: A General Estimate](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c24) — 30 parts
- [c25 Appendix I: Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25) — 4 parts
- [c26 Appendix II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c26) — 5 parts
- [c27 Subject-Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c27) — 60 parts

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