[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) › c17.6 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c17.6 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c17.6 - **Language:** English ### [c17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.6) ¹ It was probably a constitution of this sort which prevailed amongst the Kuṇindas, a state whose coins were struck in the name of the king and the political community. Their king is always mentioned there as '\*Amoghabhūti\*', '\*Of unfailing prosperity\*,' and the same appellation appears for centuries (150 B C. to 100 A C.). This was an official title, and not a personal name (as wrongly interpreted by numismatists: V. Smith, CCIM., Vol. I., pp. 161, 167). The leaders of the Gaṇa of the Kaulindas (spelt also as Kuṇinda) are mentioned by V. Mihira, \*Br. S.\* IV. 24, (कौलिन्दान् नयपुङ्गवान्); xiv. 30, 33. Ptolemy has Kulindrine; the Viṣṇu P., Kulinda and the Mārkaṇḍeya P., Kaulinda. Cunningham, CAI., 71. Their coins are found between Ambala and Saharanpur. Their proposed identification with 'Kanets' \[which ought to be Kanets\] of the Simla hills (A.S.R., XIV, p. 126) is doubtful. - [Previous: c17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.5) - [Next: c17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.7) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17) ## Cites (3) - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita.4.24) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17.6) · Pramāṇa