[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c8.s2.43 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.43 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.43 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.43) How he is one among the king’s ministry is further testified by the commentator of the \*Śilappadhikāram\*, a classic of the period of the Tamil Śangam, who explains the ஐம்பெருங்குழு of the text, as minister, the \*purohita\*, the commander-in-chief, ambassador and Director of Public Information to use a modern term.⁴ This and similar references from the Tamil treatises can bear the weight of the inference that the office of the \*purohita\* was not alien even to Dravidian polity. These confirm our view that the \*purohita\* continued to maintain his true station among the state officials as in Vedic times. - [Previous: c8.s2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.42) - [Next: c8.s2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.44) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.43) · Pramāṇa