[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889) › c2.s5.282 # The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.282 The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.282 - **Language:** English ### [c2.s5.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s5.282) ∗ viii. 11. 7 ff. Compare \*atipatākaḥ (rathaḥ)\* in viii. 24. 54; 59. 67, a war-car with banner over it. † \*patākā kañcanī sragvī dhvaje\*, vii. 105. 13. ‡ \*indrāyudhasavarṇābhiḥ patākābhir alaṃkṛtaḥ\*, vi. 50. 44; compare ib. 79. 57, \*nānāvarṇavicitrābhiḥ patākābhir alaṃkṛtaḥ\*. § vi. 87. - [Previous: c2.s5.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s5.281) - [Next: c2.s5.283](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s5.283) - [Up: c2.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s5) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.3.19) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.6.36) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s5.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s5.282) · Pramāṇa