[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) › c11.3 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c11.3 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c11.3 - **Language:** English ### [c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.3) ¹ See Jacobi, S. B. E, Vol. XLV, p. 122, for Pârśvanâtha who might have been the founder of Jainism. For the life and teachings of Mahâvîra, the traditional twenty-fourth or last Tîrthakara of the Jainas, see the Jaina Kalpa Sûtra and Âcârâṅga Sûtra. - [Previous: c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.2) - [Next: c11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.4) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11) ## Cites (2) - [Āyāraṃga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.1) — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit - [Kalpasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.1.kalpasutra) — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.3) · Pramāṇa