[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 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times Working of political institutions from Vedic tribes to the Gurjara-Pratīhāras and Pālas: kings, assemblies, officials, revenue, justice; from inscriptions and texts. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Beni Prasad](https://indike.org/pramana/person/prasad-b) - **Extent:** 2,983 passages, 167,711 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Allahabad: Indian Press 1928; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Beni Prasad †1945); published before 1931: public… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c1) — 12 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c2) — 4 parts - [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c3) — 6 parts - [c4 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c4) — 6 parts - [c5 Chapter I. Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c5) — 32 parts - [c6 Chapter II. The Age of the Rigveda (Books I—IX)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c6) — 103 parts - [c7 Chapter III. Gleanings from Later Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7) — 197 parts - [c8 Chapter IV. Gleanings from the Sûtras](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c8) — 130 parts - [c9 Chapter V. The Epics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c9) — 3 parts - [c10 Chapter VI. The Jâtakas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c10) — 96 parts - [c11 Chapter VII. Pre-Mauryan Administrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c11) — 107 parts - [c12 Chapter VIII. The Mauryan Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c12) — 172 parts - [c13 Chapter IX. After the Mauryan Empire](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c13) — 84 parts - [c14 Chapter X. The Early Dharma S'âstras, the Arthas'âstras and other Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14) — 215 parts - [c15 Chapter XI \[The Gupta Empire and After\]](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c15) — 201 parts - [c16 Chapter XII. The Later Dharma Śāstras, Purāṇas and other Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c16) — 5 parts - [c17 Chapter XIII \[The Seventh Century A.D.\]](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c17) — 208 parts - [c18 Chapter XIV. From the Eighth to the Tenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c18) — 158 parts - [c19 Chapter XV. Kashmir and Chambâ](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c19) — 129 parts - [c20 Chapter XVI. The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c20) — 178 parts - [c21 Chapter XVII. Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c21) — 128 parts - [c22 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c22) — 15 parts - [c23 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c23) — 267 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928) · Pramāṇa