The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c23.72

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Gaṇa(s), 102, 156. See also Oligarchy. Gangaridai (or Gandaritai), kings of the, 176, 177. Gārgya, 327. Gārgya Bālāki, 47. Garuḍa Purāṇa, 337, 456. Gāthās, 77. Gaulmika (an officer), 300, 438. Gaumata, 493. Gautama, 58, 61, 70, 73, 323; Caste, Government, Justice, Revenue, etc., in, 62—68. Gautama Buddha, 114, 120. See Buddha. Gautamīputra, 222, 226, 240. See also Sātakarṇi. Geldner, on Assembly, 30. Geography, as influencing Hindu political institutions, 3 sq. Germans, compared to early Indians, 22. Ghaṭotkaca, 282, 286. Gibbon, on oriental history, 498. Gobhila, Gṛihya Sūtra of, 61. Golden age, 375; in Purāṇas, 336, 337. Gondophares, 229. Gopa (an officer), 271. Goptā, 296. Goṣṭhīs, 232, 378. Govardhana, 228. Government, Committee of, in Mauryan military administration, 188; conception of, in Ādi Purāṇa, 392; democratic, in Greek accounts, 170, 171; duties, etc., of, in Purāṇas, 335, in Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, 321; form of, in Ancient India, 7-8; in clan-oligarchies, 156-57; in Rāmāyaṇa, 107; general observations on, by Fahien, 284-85; in Gautama, 64—66; local, in Agni Purāṇa, 332, in Āpastamba, 71-72, in clan-oligarchies, 160; in Kashmīr, 433; in Kauṭalya, 271; in Mahābhārata, 94-95; in Manu, 242-43; in North and South, 500; in Persia, 495-96; in Upapurāṇas, 337-38; in Viṣṇu, 248, in 8th—10th centuries in south, 416; in 11th-12th centuries, 453—55; local and provincial, in 8th—10th centuries, in Magadha, 407-408; nature of, in Greek accounts, 181 sqq.; necessity of, in Rāmāyaṇa, 113; of feudatories, 303-304; of the kingdom under the Mauryas, 189; officers of, and general administration under the Guptas, 292 sqq.; paternal, 196-97; paternal, under the Guptas, 292; sphere of, in Yājñavalkya, 250; spirit and activity of, in the seventh century, 373—75. See also Administration, King and State. Govikarta, as a Ratnin, 44. Grāma, 24-25; as administrative division, 296, 451; administration of, under the Guptas, 297-98. See village, Local Government. Grāmādhipati, 94, 332. Grāmakāyasthas; 433. See also Kāyasthas.