[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) › c19.79 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c19.79 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c19.79 - **Language:** English ### [c19.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.79) One of the important offices was that of the Koṣâdhyakṣa who superintended the treasury.⁸ The department of the Grihakṛitya not only looked after palace finance but was also responsible for the management of gifts and endowments to gods, Brâhmaṇas, royal servants, paupers, strangers, cows, etc.⁹ A new fiscal office or Karmasthâna was established by King Kalaśa in the 11th century.¹ A little later King Harṣa created some fresh revenue offices to manage his new imposts.² It appears that every head of revenue was managed by a separate official and his department. The organisation of new offices indicates that the administrative system developed according to needs. Justice seems to be the charge of the Râjasthâna.³ In the plains the term Râjasthânîya meant viceroy but in Kashmîr the cognate Râjasthâna stood for the chief justice or the chief court of justice. The chief administrative and household offices were often filled by aristocrats.⁴ But according to the evidence of the Râjatarangiṇî as a whole the tendency to the hereditary transmission of offices was less strong in Kashmîr than elsewhere in north India. - [Previous: c19.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.78) - [Next: c19.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.80) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19.79) · Pramāṇa