[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) › c7.137 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c7.137 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c7.137 - **Language:** English ### [c7.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.137) ¹ Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, VII, 3, 14; VIII, 12, 4, 5. The term Ādhipatya also occurs in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, V, 2, 6. K. P. Jayaswal and R. C. Majumdar interpret Vairājya as absence of royalty, that is, republicanism. Macdonell and Keith take it to denote some form of royal authority (Vedic Index, II, 221). The context supports the latter interpretation. - [Previous: c7.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.136) - [Next: c7.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.138) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7) ## Linked texts (2) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.5.2.6) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7.3) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.137) · Pramāṇa