[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) › c15.82 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c15.82 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c15.82 - **Language:** English ### [c15.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c15.82) ² Fleet, No. 14. Dāmodarpur Copper Plates, Ep. Ind., XV, No. 7. Fleet, No. 14, mentions the qualities desirable in a governor of a province or a ruler of a city. The grants of Dadda II (477-78 A.D.—495 A.D.) from Bharukaccha, modern Baronch, substitute Rāṣṭrapati for Bhogika. Rāṣṭra had now acquired partially a fiscal significance (Ind. Ant., XVII, 1888, p. 183). - [Previous: c15.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c15.81) - [Next: c15.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c15.83) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c15.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c15.82) · Pramāṇa