[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) › c18.64 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c18.64 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c18.64 - **Language:** English ### [c18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c18.64) The Jaina Sūtra says that all these states are unsafe for a monk or a nun to go to, as they are suspicious, prone to suspect strange ascetics as political spies. We know from the Artha-Śāstra that spies generally took the garb of sectarian ascetics. - [Previous: c18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c18.63) - [Next: c18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c18.65) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c18) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c18.64) · Pramāṇa