[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) › c10.44 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c10.44 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c10.44 - **Language:** English ### [c10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.44) things and made cruel sport of old men and women (II, 142). Another seized the wife of a hermit though he restored her later (IV, 23). Numerous other cases of tyranny can be cited (II, 122, 169, 391; III, 178, 454; V, 98). Sometimes the merits of spiritual or temporal ministers could make up for the defects of a king (III, 317) but in the absence of any constitutional check the ultimate remedy for oppression lay in revolt and assassination. In the Saccamkira Jātaka (I, 326) a king is driven out of the town by the enraged Kṣatriyas, Brāhmaṇas and others who instal a Brāhmaṇa on the throne. In the Padakusalamāṇava Jātaka (III, 513) a Brāhmaṇa discovers that a king and his priest have stolen and concealed a precious treasure. He contrives to get the people together and proclaims aloud:— - [Previous: c10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.43) - [Next: c10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.45) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10) ## Cites (2) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.73) — Pāli - [Jātakatthavaṇṇanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana*cst.2.5.4.p2) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.44) · Pramāṇa