The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c18.101

c18.101

Most of the rulers of this period are Rājpūts who, according to modern research, had much foreign blood in their veins and who, as an age-long tradition indicates, had been consecrated to Kṣatriyaship. Even non-Kṣatriya kingship was known during this period. Commenting on Manu, VII, 1, 2; VIII, 40, the orthodox Medhātithi, who lived in the 10th century A.D., admitted the validity of non-Kṣatriyā kingship. Later about the 14th century, Vijñāneśvara, who commented on Yājñavalkya in the Mitākṣarā, one of the most influential of all legal commentaries, agreed with Medhātithi.