The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c18.149

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² Ep. Ind., XI, No. 1; XIII, No. 14; VII, No. 28; VI, 11, 24 (a); XV, No. 21; IV, No. 30; V, No. 25; XVII, No. 10; IV, Nos. 36, 50; XIII, Nos. 2, 14; XVI, Nos. 8, 9, 11. Ind. Ant., XI, 273; XVIII, 309, 362. Rice and others believed that the numbers referred to revenue figures or value of the produce. But they range from twelve to twelve thousand and appear to refer only to the real or supposed number of villages included in such an administrative area