[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) › c17.28 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c17.28 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c17.28 - **Language:** English ### [c17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.28) The Arthaśāstra (XI, p. 376) supposes disputation (\*kalaha\*), on Vidyā and Śilpa ('science' and 'art') to be a wellknown weakness in the republics. - [Previous: c17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.27) - [Next: c17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.29) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.11) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.28) · Pramāṇa