[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c12.23 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c12.23 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c12.23 - **Language:** English ### [c12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.23) § 23. Pāṇini, as we have seen, equates \*gaṇa\* with \*saṁgha\*. No one would say that the word \*saṁgha\* can in any way be connected with 'tribe' there. Again, new \*gaṇas\* were founded.² Would that mean that \*new\* 'tribes' were founded? Such a meaning would hardly deserve consideration - [Previous: c12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.22) - [Next: c12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.24) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.23) · Pramāṇa