Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times
Vedic samiti and sabhā, republics (gaṇa, saṅgha) and their procedure, monarchy, coronation, paura-jānapada, ministers, taxation; from Vedic, Pāli, epic, Arthaśāstra, inscriptions.
- Language
- English
- Author
- K. P. Jayaswal
- Extent
- 2,689 passages, 120,123 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · 1st ed., Calcutta: Butterworth 1924 (Parts I–II in one); scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (K. P. Jayaswal †1937); published before 1931: public…
Contents
- c1 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — 9 parts
- c2 Preface — 12 parts
- c3 Table of Contents of Part I — 78 parts
- c4 Table of Contents of Part II — 58 parts
- c5 Part I: Vedic Assemblies and Hindu Republics
- c6 I. Introductory
- c7 Chapter I: Scope and Sources — 30 parts
- c8 II. Vedic Assemblies
- c9 Chapter II: Samiti — 32 parts
- c10 Chapter III: The Sabha — 28 parts
- c11 III. (a) Rise and Prosperity
- c12 Chapter IV: Rise of Hindu Republics and Hindu Terms for Republics — 40 parts
- c13 Chapter V: Republics in Panini — 78 parts
- c14 Chapter VI: Republican Origin of Buddhist Samgha and Republics in Buddhist Literature (500–400 B.C.) — 76 parts
- c15 Chapter VII: Republics in the Arthasastra (325-300 B.C.) — 40 parts
- c16 Chapter VIII: Hindu Republics in Greek Writers (C. 325 B.C.) — 88 parts
- c17 Chapter IX: Constitutional Survey of the Hindu Republics in Greek Writers — 31 parts
- c18 Chapter X: Technical Hindu Constitutions — 72 parts
- c19 Chapter XI: Procedure of Deliberation in Hindu Republics — 99 parts
- c20 Chapter XII: Franchise and Citizenship — 14 parts
- c21 Chapter XIII: Judicial Administration and Laws of Republics — 14 parts
- c22 Chapter XIV: Characteristics of Republics according to the Maha-Bharata — 27 parts
- c23 Chapter XV: Formation of New Republics — 18 parts
- c24 Chapter XVI: A Retrospect of the Period of Rise — 7 parts
- c25 Chapter XVII: Republics under the Mauryas — 40 parts
- c26 Chapter XVIII: Republics in S'unga Times and later — 76 parts
- c27 Chapter XIX: Disappearance — 16 parts
- c28 Chapter XX: Criticism on Hindu republican systems — 44 parts
- c29 Chapter XXI: Ethnology of the Republics — 42 parts
- c30 Appendix A: The Maha-Bharata on the Andhaka-Vrishni-Samgha — 45 parts
- c31 Appendix B: List of Indian Republics discussed in Part I — 2 parts
- c32 Appendix C: Additional Notes on Part I (1924) — 6 parts
- c33 IV. Hindu Monarchy
- c34 Chapter XXII: Hindu Monarchy: Antiquity and Theory of Origin — 23 parts
- c35 Chapter XXIII: Vedic King and his Election — 45 parts
- c36 Chapter XXIV: Coronation Ceremony of Brahmana Period and Its Constitutional Significance — 75 parts
- c37 Chapter XXV: Coronation Ceremony of the Brahmana Period and Its Constitutional Significance (continued) — 90 parts
- c38 Chapter XXVI: Coronation in Later Times — 71 parts
- c39 Chapter XXVIA: Sacrament of Coronation Oath and Theory of Divine Origin of King — 42 parts
- c40 Chapter XXVII: The Janapada or the Realm Assembly and The Paura or the Assembly of the Capital City (600 B. C. to 600 A. C.) — 132 parts
- c41 Chapter XXVIII: Political Functions of The Janapada and the Paura — 187 parts
- c42 Chapter XXIX: Opinion of Thinkers and General Public Opinion — 29 parts
- c43 Chapter XXX: Council of Ministers — 137 parts
- c44 Chapter XXXI: Council of Ministers (contd.): Government — 92 parts
- c45 Chapter XXXII: Law and Administration of Justice — 55 parts
- c46 Chapter XXXIII: Taxation — 74 parts
- c47 Chapter XXXIV: Economics in Government and Theory of Ownership in Land — 77 parts
- c48 Chapter XXXV: Position of the Hindu King — 23 parts
- c49 Chapter XXXVI: Character of the Hindu Monarchy — 17 parts
- c50 V. Imperial Systems — 1 part
- c51 Chapter XXXVII: Imperial Systems — 35 parts
- c52 VI. Revival — 2 parts
- c53 Chapter XXXVIII: Revival of Hindu Polity — 3 parts
- c54 VII. Conclusion — 2 parts
- c55 Chapter XXXIX: Conclusion — 10 parts
- c56 Appendix to Part II: Appendix D. Additional Notes on Part II (1924) — 13 parts
- c57 Index to Part I — 34 parts
- c58 Index to Part II — 15 parts
- c59 Abbreviations — 136 parts
- c60 Errata — 7 parts