[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) › c16.55 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.55 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.55 - **Language:** English ### [c16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.55) ¹ On Pāṇini, IV. 1. 170; \*cf.\* Kāśikā, pp. 292-3. Patañjali treats \*Ambashṭha\* as the name of a country or state, and its inhabitants he calls \*Ambashṭhyas\*. Sabhāparvan, Ch. XXXII, Verses 7-9, where they are placed along with the Mālavas. See also Pāṇini VIII 3. 97. - [Previous: c16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.54) - [Next: c16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.56) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16) ## Linked texts (2) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.4.1.170) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.55) · Pramāṇa