The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times
Working of political institutions from Vedic tribes to the Gurjara-Pratīhāras and Pālas: kings, assemblies, officials, revenue, justice; from inscriptions and texts.
- Language
- English
- Author
- Beni Prasad
- Extent
- 2,983 passages, 167,711 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · 1st ed., Allahabad: Indian Press 1928; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Beni Prasad †1945); published before 1931: public…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 12 parts
- c2 Preface — 4 parts
- c3 Contents — 6 parts
- c4 Abbreviations — 6 parts
- c5 Chapter I. Introduction — 32 parts
- c6 Chapter II. The Age of the Rigveda (Books I—IX) — 103 parts
- c7 Chapter III. Gleanings from Later Vedic Literature — 197 parts
- c8 Chapter IV. Gleanings from the Sûtras — 130 parts
- c9 Chapter V. The Epics — 3 parts
- c10 Chapter VI. The Jâtakas — 96 parts
- c11 Chapter VII. Pre-Mauryan Administrations — 107 parts
- c12 Chapter VIII. The Mauryan Administration — 172 parts
- c13 Chapter IX. After the Mauryan Empire — 84 parts
- c14 Chapter X. The Early Dharma S'âstras, the Arthas'âstras and other Literature — 215 parts
- c15 Chapter XI [The Gupta Empire and After] — 201 parts
- c16 Chapter XII. The Later Dharma Śāstras, Purāṇas and other Literature — 5 parts
- c17 Chapter XIII [The Seventh Century A.D.] — 208 parts
- c18 Chapter XIV. From the Eighth to the Tenth Century A.D. — 158 parts
- c19 Chapter XV. Kashmir and Chambâ — 129 parts
- c20 Chapter XVI. The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries A.D. — 178 parts
- c21 Chapter XVII. Conclusion — 128 parts
- c22 Bibliography — 15 parts
- c23 Index — 267 parts