[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) › c5.27 # Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c5.27 Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c5.27 - **Language:** English ### [c5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c5.27) ² Atharvaveda, IV, 22; VI, 38, 39, 97; VIII, 8. (Bloomfield, Hymns of the Atharvaveda, 115--126.) During the Râjasûya ceremony the king "symbolically ascends the quarters of the sky as an indication of his universal rule." (Vedic Index, II, p. 219.) - [Previous: c5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c5.26) - [Next: c5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c5.28) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.4.22) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c5.27) · Pramāṇa