[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927) › c17.26 # Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c17.26 Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c17.26 - **Language:** English ### [c17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c17.26) Rājan, 150, 188, 206. Rājanti, 156. See also Politics and Government. Rājamārga, 140, 258. Rājanyas, 212, 357. Rājasūya, 18 n., 46, 132. Rājatarangiṇī, 288-89. Rājyāṅgāni, 149 n. Rakṣoghnarakṣitam, 136. Rāma, 67 et seq., 198, 227, 300, 351. Rāmacharita Mānasa, 267. See also Tulasī Dāsa. Rāmadāsa, 301-302. Rāmāyaṇa, 24, 67 et seq., 270, 297, 373; guilds in, 312; ideal king, 67-68; importance of government in, 68-69. See also Adhyātma R. and Jaina Rāmāyaṇa. Rāṣṭrapatha, 141. Rathyā, 140. Rāvaṇa, 67. Reason of state; 54 et seq., 219. Religion, definition of, by Latimer, 350; importance of, in installation of kings, 15. See also Dharma. Republic (s), in the Mahābhārata, 66-67. Republican oligarchies, 357; polity, in Buddhist Scriptures, 216-17, in Kauṭalya, 95, Revenue, in Kauṭalya, 143-44; in Śukra, 265; in Viṣṇu, 171-72. Rex is lex, 358. Rhys Davids, on Buddhist Scriptures, 203. Ṛigveda, 11, 12, 17, 17 n., 18, 18 n., 50n., 225, 308, 309, 320. Rik, 93. See also Ṛigveda. Ṛiṣabhadeva, 223, 225, 227. Ṛiṣis, 42, 194, 199, 200. Ṛitvijas, 54. Rome, compared to India, 102. See also Greece. Rousseau, on idealism, 337; on state of nature, 28. Rudra, 38, 60. - [Previous: c17.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c17.25) - [Next: c17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c17.27) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c17.26) · Pramāṇa