Public Administration in Ancient India c8.26

c8.26

³ In a few parts of the country, these institutions lasted till the third or fourth centuries of the Christian Era, but in these later days they never played any important part in Indian history. In the Mandasor Inscription of Kumāragupta and Bandhuvarman (sixth century A.D.), the Mālavas are referred to as living under a republican form of government (Mālavānāṁ gaṇasthityā).