The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c23.165

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c23.165

Pravarasena II, 306. Presents, from feudatories, in Ādi Purāṇa, 394; from feudatories, under the Guptas, 303; in Kālidāsa, 313; in 7th century, 369; to kings, under the Mauryas, 191. Priest, as a power in Kashmīr, 420; as officer, in Kauṭalya, 272; in Alberūnī, 444; in latest Vedic literature, 53-54; in Manu, 241; in Persia and India, 494; influence of, in Rāmāyaṇa, 105; influence of, on state, 203. See also Purohita and Caste. Priestcraft, in Ṛigveda, 22-23. See Priest. Prince(s), as governors, 193, 206-207; education, etc., of, at Takkasilā, 123-25; in Agni Purāṇa, 331; in Aśvaghoṣa, 234, in Kaliṅga, 219; in Kauṭalya, 268 n.; in Merutuṅgācārya, 459, in Pañcatantra, 340, in Persia, 494-95; in 7th century, 363-64; education and installation of, in Kālidāsa, 311; in high office, 408, 431, 437; relations of, with kings, in Jātakas, 132-33; in Kauṭalya, 267-68. See also Yuvarāja. Prithu, 87, 330. Prithvīpāla, 382. Prithvīrāja Cauhāna, 477. Prithvīrājarāso, authorship of, and political conditions of Rājputānā in, 477-78. Prithvīsena, 304.