[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) › c14.78 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.78 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.78 - **Language:** English ### [c14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.78) On these matters as on so many others Viṣṇu reads like an echo of Manu. The old dynasty of a conquered country should be maintained, unless it is of ignoble descent. So far as possible, a conqueror should invest a prince of the same line with the ‘royal’ dignity.² In his scheme of foreign policy as in domestic administration spies play an important part.³ - [Previous: c14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.77) - [Next: c14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.79) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.78) · Pramāṇa