[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) › c12.32 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c12.32 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c12.32 - **Language:** English ### [c12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.32) § 26 In the \*Avadāna-Śataka\*, gaṇa-rule is opposed to royal rule. Merchants from the Middle Country of Northern India had gone to the Deccan in the time of the Buddha. When questioned by the King of the Deccan, 'Gentlemen Merchants, who is the king there (in Northern India)?,' they replied: - [Previous: c12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.31) - [Next: c12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.33) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Avadānaśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanasamgraha.avadanasataka) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12.32) · Pramāṇa