The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c21.82

c21.82

other elements in this education on which the Greek writers who describe it lay stress."¹ In Persia as in India there was a ruling class which supplied, " not indeed exclusively, but very largely, the generals and officers of the army, the ministers of the central administration, and the satraps and governors of provinces and districts throughout the empire."² The king's audience chamber, and the system of his correspondence and communications again are reminiscent of ancient India.³