[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) › c19.67 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c19.67 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c19.67 - **Language:** English ### [c19.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.67) According to Kalhaṇa, there were only seven high officials of state until the time of Jalauka, \*viz.\*, the judge, the revenue superintendent, the treasurer, the commander of the army, the envoy, the Purohita and the astrologer. Jalauka established 18 offices or \*Karmasthânas\*,² but the king is represented as the son of Aśoka and is not quite an historical figure. All that we can say is that the number of state departments in Kashmîr was at first much smaller than eighteen. Much later Lalitâditya instituted another five offices—Mahâpratî-piḍa or high chamberlain, Mahâsandhivigraha, minister for peace and war, Mahâśvaśâla, chief master of the horse, Mahâbhâṇḍâgâra, high keeper of the treasury, Mahâsâdhana-bhâga, chief executive officer, rather vague.³ It will appear that the administration developed gradually and the number of ministers rose accordingly. - [Previous: c19.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.66) - [Next: c19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.68) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Rājataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini) — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.67) · Pramāṇa