[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) › c10.52 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c10.52 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c10.52 - **Language:** English ### [c10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.52) If the succession was altogether unsettled, recourse was had, perhaps only in some out-of-the way regions, to a strange procedure. Seven days after the death of an heirless king, the Purohita let a festal car, the phussaratha, be driven with the five insignia of royalty placed on it. "It will come to the man who will become the king." The man whom - [Previous: c10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.51) - [Next: c10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.53) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10.52) · Pramāṇa