The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c18.32

c18.32

The institutions of government in the Âdi Purâṇa are the same as in other literature and in the inscriptions. King Mahâbala, a legendary figure, had four ministers and held counsel with all of them, or three, two or one of them.⁶ On finance and local government the Jaina work follows the Brahmanical Dharma Śâstras. It idealises universal conquest in spite of the Jaina emphasis on non-violence as the essence of religion.⁷