[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) › c5.19 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c5.19 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c5.19 - **Language:** English ### [c5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c5.19) On the other hand, the dominant sway of agriculture made the village the unit of society and, therefore, of political organisation. A village would, of course, share in the general culture of the land. But in the ordinary routine of life, it would tend to be a world by itself. Everything would tend to intensify its group-consciousness. For fiscal and administrative purposes it would be the starting-point of all arrangements. Higher divisions of local government might be formed by grouping successively larger numbers of villages together. - [Previous: c5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c5.18) - [Next: c5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c5.20) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c5.19) · Pramāṇa