The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c22.s3.3

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The Calcutta edition of the *Mahâbhârata* (1834—9) includes the Harivamśa. The Bombay edition (1888) does not contain it and also differs in some places from the Calcutta edition. The text handed down by South Indian tradition and published at Kombakonam differs substantially from the northern recensions. It has been published in Bombay, 1906—10. The northern texts are in general use. The earliest surviving, though fragmentary, commentary on the Mahâbhârata is that by Sarvajña Nârâyaṇa, going back at least to the 14th century A.D. The best known is that of Nîlakaṇṭha, 16th century A.D.