Download or read book Studies in the Political and Administrative Systems in Ancient and Medieval India written by D. C. Sircar and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1996 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earlier chapters of the present volume deal with a large number of topics relating to kingship, landlordism (sometimes mistaken as feudalism), tenancy, royal, charter, Pancayat system etc. Some of the following chapters contain discussions on certain royal officers the functions of some of them or their departments a few aspects of the judicial system some land measures and taxes etc. The third group of topics mostly concerns the interpretation of technical expressions found in epigraphical records. The last section of the work consists of several appendices which are really some of the author`s recently published studies.