[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) › c7.83 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c7.83 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c7.83 - **Language:** English ### [c7.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.83) There is no means of gauging the actual power wielded by the Assembly. Nor is the scope of its activities at all clear. From a hymn in the last Maṇḍala of the Rigveda it appears that the assembly sometimes acted as a court of justice.² - [Previous: c7.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.82) - [Next: c7.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.84) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.83) · Pramāṇa