The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c17.55

c17.55

A few incidental notices in Yuan Chwang show that the status of feudatories sometimes altered and might considerably go down. There were cases of ruling families being replaced altogether by viceroys of the suzerain. By the time of the Chinese pilgrim’s visit, the royal family of Gandhâra was extinct and the “kingdom” was governed by deputies from Kapiśa.² Nagarahâra (the old capital of Jalâlâbâd territory) had no chief of its own at the time but was governed by a commandant and his subordinates from Kapiśa.³ In a similar manner Siṃhapur was now a dependency of Kashmir.⁴