[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) › c14.63 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.63 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.63 - **Language:** English ### [c14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.63) which is his most probable epoch, is, as V. A. Smith puts it, “ one of the dark spaces in the spectrum of Indian history, and almost every event of that time is concealed from view by an impenetrable veil of oblivion.”¹ It can only be premised that so far as he reflects any actual practice, it is that which prevailed about the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. - [Previous: c14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.62) - [Next: c14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.64) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.63) · Pramāṇa