[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) › c16.58 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.58 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.58 - **Language:** English ### [c16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.58) § 74. The next "independent nation" was the X a t h r o i. This restored in Sanskrit will be \*Kshattriya\*. As I have said above, they are identical with the republic which bore the proper name '\*Kshattriya\*' as in the Artha-Śāstra. Kauṭilya places them together with the Śreṇis and here also we find the Ś r e ṇ i s as neighbours to the K s h a t t r i y a s. As already suggested, the \*Sindhi Khattri\* caste, seem to be their modern representative. According to the division of Kauṭilya they did not have a king consul.⁴ - [Previous: c16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.57) - [Next: c16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.59) - [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.c16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16.58) · Pramāṇa