[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) › c16.47 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.47 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.47 - **Language:** English ### [c16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.47) § 71. European scholars have proposed their identification with the Ārjunāyanas.² But this is unacceptable on philological grounds. The name is a composite of two words, \*Agra\* and \*Śreṇi\*. And the main word is found in Kauṭilya in the list of republics which did not call their president Rājan and which were martial.³ There the form \*Śreṇi\* only appears; the member \*Agra\* shows that there were probably more than one unit in the Śreṇi (§ 58). - [Previous: c16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.46) - [Next: c16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.48) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.47) · Pramāṇa