The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c23.56

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Confederation, Āndhra Empire as, 222; Gupta Empire as, 286; of clan-oligarchies, 160-61; of tribes in Greek accounts, 172-73; confederacy of princes, 344. See also Vajjians. Consecration, and accompanying ceremonies in Agni Purāṇa, 331; in Ādi Purāṇa, 392-93; in Garuḍa Purāṇa, 337; in Jātakas, 133-35; in Kaliṅga, 219; in later Vedic literature, 39-40; in Mahābhārata, 89-90; in Rāmāyaṇa, 110; in seventh century, 361-63; of a feudatory in Kādambarī, 352-53; of feudatories under the Guptas, 288-89. See also Coronation. Coraghātaka (police officer), in Jātakas, 144. Coronation, anniversary of, 212; in Rāmāyaṇa, 110. See also Consecration. Corporation. See Guild. Council, advisory council of a district, under the Guptas, 297; deliberative council, in Kālidāsa, 312; in Kauṭalya, 268; of eight, 160, 471; of twelve, 471. See also Assembly and Aṣṭapradhāna. Court, and its festivities and etiquette in the seventh century, 356-57; classes of, in Bṛhaspati, 323; court festivals, 183, 191; court proceedings, in Alberūnī, 443-44; Hindu court as patron of poets and scholars, etc., in Kauṭalya, 272; court proceedings, etc., in Mṛcchakaṭikā, 316-17; generosity of, under the Guptas, 285 n; in Daṇḍin, 340; in Epics, 94; in Jātakas, 145; in Kālidāsa, 314; in Manu, 247; in Merutuṅgācārya, 458-59; in Rājputānā, 476; kinds of, in Kauṭalya, 274; of Harṣa, 355; of Harṣa of Kashmīr, 427-28; of Saṃdhimat, 421. Crete, culture of, resembling pre-Āryan culture, 489. Criminal Intelligence Department of India, 275. See Spies. Cunningham, on Moga, 225; on Yaudheyas, 287 n. Curtius, 167 n; his description of Indian potentates, 182-83; on Alexander's arrangements, 174; on Indian governments, 171; on Indian kings, 181. Custom, as a check on despotism, 506; force of, 238-39; in Agni Purāṇa, as a source of law, 333; in Bṛhaspati, custom and royal edicts, 324; in Bṛhaspati, when opposed to religion, 280; in Manu, 258; in Manu, as a source of law, 240-41; in Rājputānā, as a force, 477. Cyrus, 495.