[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) › c19.115 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c19.115 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c19.115 - **Language:** English ### [c19.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.115) Kṣemendra, who lived in Kashmir in the eleventh century and probably came of a line of ministers, stands in a class by himself among later Sanskrit writers. In his Rāmāyaṇamañjarī and his Bhāratamañjarī he summarises the epics, reproduces their political teachings and seeks to re-capture their spirit and atmosphere. None the less, the influence of Dharma Śāstras and Niti Śāstras is there.¹ The same writer in his Bodhisattvâvadânakalpalatâ epitomised numerous Buddhist Jâtaka and Avadâna tales with equal success. Here, however, the political ideas are given in a Brahmanical setting. In the Bṛihatkathâmañjarī, based on Guṇâḍhya's Bṛihatkathâ, the politics of the age find a reflection. There is nothing new here. But it is worth while observing that federal-feudalism is reflected in these works as elsewhere. - [Previous: c19.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.114) - [Next: c19.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.116) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19) ## Linked texts (7) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Bhāratamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bharatamanjari) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit - [Rāmāyaṇamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.sanksepa.ramayanamanjari) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit - [Bṛhatkathā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha) - [Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanakalpalata) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit - [Avadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhatkathāmañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.brhatkathamanjari) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.115) · Pramāṇa