[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) › c3.1 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c3.1 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c3.1 - **Language:** English ### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c3.1) CHAPTER | PAGE --- | --- I. | Introduction ... ... | 1 II. | The Age of the Ṛigveda (Books I— IX) | 17 III. | Gleanings from Later Vedic Literature | 33 IV. | Gleanings from the Sūtras ... ... | 57 V. | The Epics . . ... ... | 76 VI. | The Jātakas ... ... ... | 114 VII. | Pre-Mauryan Administrations .. | 154 VIII. | The Mauryan Administration .. | 176 IX. | After the Mauryan Empire ... .. | 215 X. | The Dharma Śāstras, the Arthaśāstras and other Literature .. ... ... | 236 VI. | The Gupta Empire and After .. ... | 282 XII. | The Later Dharma Śāstras, Purāṇas and other Literature ... ... | 322 XIII. | The Seventh Century A.D. ... ... | 343 XIV. | From the Eighth to the Tenth Century A.D. ... | 385 XV. | Kaśmīr and Chambā ... ... ... | 419 XVI. | The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries A.D. ... | 441 XVII. | Conclusion .. . ... | 469 - [Previous: c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c2.4) - [Next: c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c3.2) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c3.1) · Pramāṇa