Public Administration in Ancient India c8.21

c8.21

In other States, there was a King who was assisted by an assembly of elders or ‘heads’ of families. Diodoros speaks of a Patala as “a city of great note, with a political constitution drawn on the same lines as the Spartan; for in this community the command in war vested in two hereditary Kings of two different houses, while a Council of elders ruled the whole State with paramount authority.”