The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c23.2.2

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Agni Purâṇa, 281, 330—34; ambassadors and their classes in, 334; feudatories in, 333-34; foreign affairs in, 334; king and his qualities and duties in, 330-31; law and judicial administration in, 333; local government in, 332; ministers and officers in, 331-32; princes and their education in, 331; revenue in, 333; state in, 330. Agnivarman, 311. Agrahâra, 366, 423; code of, 285 n. Agrahârika, 42. Agriculture, and agriculturists under Mauryas, 189—91; and emigration, etc., in Kauṭalya, 263-64; encouraged by the Hindu State, 513; making the village unit of society, 8; predominance of, in India, 6-7. Ahâla, 95. Âhâra, as an administrative division, 297, 383. Aindra Mahâbhiṣeka, 48, 49, 50. Aindra Śânti, 331. Âîn-i-Akbarî, 472, 480. Aitareya Brâhmaṇa, Andhras mentioned in, 221; rise of kingship in, 25-26. See Vedic Literature. Aja, 310. Ajâtaśatru, 47, 160, 163, 164. Ajîtamâna, 402, 403. Âjîvaka(s), 216. Âjñâdâpaka, 295. Âjñâpati, 383. Akbar, 478, 480; on social reform, 482. Âkranda, 255. Âkrandâsâra, 255. Akṣavâpa, as a Ratnin, 44. Akṣapatalika, 300, 367, 438. Akṣaśâli, 417. Al'-Idrîsî, and his writings, 399. Al'-Masûdî, and his accounts, 399, 401. Al'-Utbî, 446. Alâ-ud-dîn Khiljî, 469. Alberûnî, and his accounts, 442 sqq.; caste in, 442-43; law and justice in, 443-44; on kings enforcing caste rules, 510; ordeals in, 444-45; punishments in, 445-46; Śûdras and their disabilities, 446, 508. Alexander, and India, 492; Brâhmaṇas put to death by, 172; invasion of, 166;