[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c8.29 # War in Ancient India c8.29 War in Ancient India c8.29 - **Language:** English ### [c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.29) In a Basara seal inscription of the Gupta period we meet with a very important term: \*Raṇabhaṇḍāgārādhikaraṇa\*.¹⁸ There is definite evidence that there was a separate accounts officer in charge of the military budget. This is a sure indication that by that time a distinction was made between the military budget and the civil budget. \*Raṇabhaṇḍāgārādhikaraṇa\* was the member in charge of military finance. - [Previous: c8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.28) - [Next: c8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.30) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.29) · Pramāṇa