[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) › c16.45 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.45 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.45 - **Language:** English ### [c16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.45) According to Curtius when those brave fellows could not further resist the odds, they made, what we know now as Rājput \*Jauhar\*, of their wives and children into the flames by setting fire to their houses.¹ - [Previous: c16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.44) - [Next: c16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.46) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16) ## Cites (1) - [Historiae Alexandri Magni](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.4) — Q. Curtius Rufus, Latin --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.45) · Pramāṇa