[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) › c14.41 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.41 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.41 - **Language:** English ### [c14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.41) Over all officials, judicial or executive or fiscal, as over the people at large, the king should keep a watch through spies. They are the eyes of the king. They are to ‘explore’ the behaviour of all.³ - [Previous: c14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.40) - [Next: c14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.42) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.41) · Pramāṇa