[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) › c20.167 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.167 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.167 - **Language:** English ### [c20.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.167) The Anmakonda Inscription of Prola (1117 A.D.) shows that a Mahâmaṇḍaleśvara had his headquarters at a chief town, employed a sub-feudatory as his Daṇḍâdhinâtha, judicial officer, and was served by an hereditary chief minister.¹ An old-Kanarese Inscription at Terdâl in the southern Marâṭhâ country, of the year 1123-24 A.D., shows that a Mahâmaṇḍaleśvara, with his headquarters at a fine city, having attained the five Mahâśabdas, “had a trivale played before him.” He also had the device of an elephant and the figure of a golden eagle on his banner.² - [Previous: c20.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.166) - [Next: c20.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.168) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.167) · Pramāṇa