[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) › c23.112 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c23.112 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c23.112 - **Language:** English ### [c23.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c23.112) Ordeals, in Agni Purāṇa, 333; in Alberûnî, 444-45; in Brihaspati, 325-26; in Chāndogya Upaniṣad, 55; in Manu, 247-48; in Mricchakaṭikā, 316-17; in Nārada, 323; in 7th century, 370-71; under the Mauryas, in Greek accounts, 187-88. - [Previous: c23.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c23.111) - [Next: c23.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c23.113) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c23.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c23.112) · Pramāṇa