[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) › c11.45 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c11.45 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c11.45 - **Language:** English ### [c11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.45) Kośala was sometimes at war and sometimes at peace with neighbouring realm of Magadha, one of the sixteen Janapadas of Jambūdvīpa.⁶ Its king Bimbisāra or Śreṇika who was a contemporary of the Buddha is said to have been the fifth of the - [Previous: c11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.44) - [Next: c11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.46) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.45) · Pramāṇa