The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c21.120

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c21.120

The organisation of departments under superintendents with a regular secretarial and other staff and all grouped under different ministers is one of the striking features of the Hindu system. It is under this head that the administration displays the greatest amount of development. Kalhaṇa speaks of successive increases in the number of portfolios, superintendents and ministers in Kashmir.

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