[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) › c14.45 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.45 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.45 - **Language:** English ### [c14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.45) ¹ Ibid., III, 23-32, 55-64; VI, 20. According to Parāśaramādhava, 152, Viṣṇu permits the king to receive a tenth of the claim from the debtor as fine and a twentieth from the creditor as part of the expenses of the court. - [Previous: c14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.44) - [Next: c14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.46) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.3.23) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.45) · Pramāṇa