[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) › c17.8 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c17.8 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c17.8 - **Language:** English ### [c17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c17.8) ³ According to Yuan Chwang's Life, p. 156, Harṣa died in A.D. 655. Takakusu (I-tsing, pp. LVI and 163) accepts the date but Watters, I, 347, clearly implies that the Emperor was dead in 648 A.D. According to V. A. Smith (Early History of India, 4th edition, pp. 348 et seq.), Harṣa's reign lasted from 606 A.D. to 647 A.D. - [Previous: c17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c17.7) - [Next: c17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c17.9) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c17.8) · Pramāṇa