[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) › c19.99 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c19.99 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c19.99 - **Language:** English ### [c19.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.99) ² In personal matters also, the Buddha showed a conservativeness acquired from his early associations. He was proud of his Ikshvāku lineage even when a recluse. He told the Brahmin Krishṇāyana, who had insulted him as a S'ākya, that he (Krishṇāyana) was descended from one of the slave girls of the Ikshvākus. 'If you do not give a clear reply (to my charge), then your head will split in pieces on the spot.' \*Ambattha Sutta\*, Sutta 20, Rhys Davids, \*Dialogues\*, I, 114-116. - [Previous: c19.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.98) - [Next: c19.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.100) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.99) · Pramāṇa