[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) › c16.34 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.34 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.34 - **Language:** English ### [c16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.34) "\*Oxydrakai came the leading men of their cities and their provincial governors\*'"¹ They were "entrusted with full powers "to conclude a treaty." The representatives of the Malloi are reported to have said that "\*they were attached more than others to freedom and autonomy, and their freedom had been preserved intact from the time of Dionysius\*"² (by whom the Greeks probably meant Balarāma). - [Previous: c16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.33) - [Next: c16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.35) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.34) · Pramāṇa