The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.64

Language: English

c20.64

The Ratnapur Stone Inscription of Jâjalladeva of the year 1114 A.D. shows the central Indian rulers founding new towns and beautifying new and old alike. Here the word maṇḍala was used to denote spheres of diplomacy dominated by one or other of the numerous princes.³ Two Candella Inscriptions show hereditary ministers.⁴ Another two Candella Inscriptions from Ajayagaḍh of the thirteenth century A.D., show a queen constructing a well and a hall.⁵

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