[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) › c8.s5.32 # Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s5.32 Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s5.32 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.32) chariot-road, equal in breadth, was only slightly inferior in other respects. So, too, the Râṣṭrapatha, or the state-road. Pillars should be erected at intervals of half a koś, or a little less than a mile, to serve as mile-stones and sign-posts. The paths “for animals,” “for asses and camels,” “cart-tracks,” “foot-paths,” “pasture-paths,” “field-paths,” “shop-paths,” “temple-paths,” “defile-paths,” “cremation paths,” smaller in dimensions and generally unmetalled, should cover the whole countryside. Routes of pilgrimage should be provided with groves. - [Previous: c8.s5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.31) - [Next: c8.s5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.33) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.32) · Pramāṇa