[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) › c14.40 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.40 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.40 - **Language:** English ### [c14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.40) ² Ibid., VIII, 127-130, 43. If the king fails to recover stolen property, he must make it good out of his own treasury (VIII, 40). The king should inflict a fine of 100 paṇas on ministers or judges who might be guilty of illegalities in the work of adjudication (VIII, 234). - [Previous: c14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.39) - [Next: c14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.41) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.127) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.40) · Pramāṇa