[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) › c6.67 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c6.67 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c6.67 - **Language:** English ### [c6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c6.67) Even in the earliest hymns of the Ṛigveda, the king is surrounded by pomp and majesty. A hymn in the second Maṇḍala refers to Mitra and Varuṇa as kings and pictures them seated in their supremest home, the thousand-pillared, firmly based.⁹ Again, in the seventh Maṇḍala, “O Varuṇa, thou glorious lord, I entered thy lofty home, thine house with thousand portals.”¹⁰ It appears that the king lived in a mansion as splendid as the arts of the times could rear. In the slightly later collections of hymns, Râjans are spoken - [Previous: c6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c6.66) - [Next: c6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c6.68) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c6.67) · Pramāṇa