[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) › c20.47 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.47 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.47 - **Language:** English ### [c20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.47) The Tarpaṇḍighi Grant of Lakṣmaṇasena, of the year 1122 A.D., shows that the same feudal-federal administrative and fiscal systems prevailed in Bengal as elsewhere.⁵ The conclusion is strengthened by the Bârrackpur Grant of Vijayasena of the 12th century A.D. Here also occur Mahâdharmâdhyakṣa, a great judicial officer, Mahâmudrâdhikrita, a great mint officer or keeper of the royal seal, and the same administrative divisions of Bhukti, Viṣaya and Grāma.¹ The Bengal grants of this period give unusually full lists of officers and state demands. - [Previous: c20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.46) - [Next: c20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.48) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20) ## Cites (1) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20.47) · Pramāṇa