[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928) › c10.28 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c10.28 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c10.28 - **Language:** English ### [c10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.28) Kṣatriyas generally wielded the sceptre but non-Kṣatriya kingship was not altogether unknown. Thus in Jātaka, I, 326, the expulsion of a tyrannical king is followed by the elevation of a Brāhmaṇa to the throne. Similarly, in the Padakusalamānava Jātaka (III, 513) a Brāhmaṇa who instigates a revolt against a thievish king and thus brings about his death is installed king (see also II, 264 et seq.). - [Previous: c10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.27) - [Next: c10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.29) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10) ## Cites (2) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.432) — Pāli - [Jātakatthavaṇṇanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana*cst.2.10.7.p2) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.28) · Pramāṇa