[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) › c11.46 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c11.46 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c11.46 - **Language:** English ### [c11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.46) ⁶ For Janapada or Mahājanapada, Aṅguttara Nikāya, I, 213; IV 252, 256, 260. The name Magadha first appears in the Atharvaveda, V, 22, 14. - [Previous: c11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.45) - [Next: c11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.47) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11) ## Cites (3) - [Vitthatūposathasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.8.42.2.1) — Pāli - [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.1.213) — Pāli - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.5.22.14) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11.46) · Pramāṇa