[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) › c12.34 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c12.34 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c12.34 - **Language:** English ### [c12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c12.34) Making allowance for possible exaggerations, it must be admitted that the activity of the state covered a wide range even over the countryside. Unfortunately, Megasthenes gives no idea of the structure of local government. But he makes it clear that the administration of the capital was of a very intense character. Candragupta's capital Pâṭaliputra, called Pâlibothra by the Greeks, was situated on the confluence of the Ganges and the Son² and, says Strabo, was “eighty stadia in length and fifteen in breadth. It is of the shape of Pâṭaliputra. - [Previous: c12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c12.33) - [Next: c12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c12.35) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Pāṭaliputra](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.pataliputra) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c12.34) · Pramāṇa