Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c17.2
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c17.2
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c17.2
§ 80. In the above survey it would have been noticed that we have various constitutions. This shows that the constitutions were adjusted to the particular needs and circumstances of the people composing the states. We have for instance, the democracy of the Ambashṭhas. The democracy of the Ambashṭhas had a Second House composed of elected elders. They elected their generals also. Apparently every man in the community had direct franchise, the Greeks calling the constitution a democracy.