[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) › c8.60 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c8.60 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c8.60 - **Language:** English ### [c8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c8.60) To take a single instance, “a Śûdra who intentionally reviles twice-born men by criminal abuse, or criminally assaults them with blows, shall be deprived of the limb with which he offends.”¹ - [Previous: c8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c8.59) - [Next: c8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c8.61) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c8.60) · Pramāṇa