[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) › c1 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c1: Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c1 - **Language:** English ### Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times ### [c1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1.2) BY K. P. JAYASWAL, M.A., (Oxon.), \*Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law;\* \*Advocate, Patna High Court; Sometime Honorary Scholar, Jesus College, Oxford;\* \*University Chinese Scholar, Oxford (1909); Tagore Professor of Law,\* \*Calcutta (1917, 'Development of Law in Manu and Yājñavalkya');\* \*Author of 'An Introduction to Hindu Polity'; Editor of\* \*Chaṇḍeśvara's Rājanīti-Ratnākara (Hindu Monarchy);\* \*Editor, Journal of the Bihar and Orissa\* \*Research Society; &c.\* ### [c1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1.3) अथ धर्मार्थफलाय राज्याय नमः। ### [c1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1.4) 'And, firstly, To STATE, the source of life and spirit.' —Nītivākyāmṛita. ### [c1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1.5) CALCUTTA: BUTTERWORTH & Co. (INDIA) LTD., 6, HASTINGS ST. ### [c1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1.6) \*To the Memory of the Republican\* VRISHNIS, KATHAS, VAIS'ALAS, AND S'AKYAS \*who announced\* PHILOSOPHIES OF FREEDOM \*from\* DEVAS, DEATH, CRUELTY, AND CASTE. ### [c1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1.7) मज्जेत्त्रयी दण्डनीतौ हतायां सर्वे धर्माः प्रक्षयेयुर्विबुद्धाः । सर्वे धर्माश्चाश्रमाणां हताः स्युः क्षात्रे त्यक्ते राजधर्मे पुराणे ॥ सर्वे त्यागा राजधर्मेषु दृष्टा सर्वाः दीक्षा राजधर्मेषु युक्ताः । सर्वा विद्या राजधर्मेषु चोक्ताः सर्वे लोका राजधर्मे प्रविष्टाः ॥ म० भा० शा० ६३।२८।२६ । ### [c1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1.8) “When Politics becomes lifeless, the triple Veda sinks, all the \*dharmas\* \[i.e., \*the bases of civilization\*\] (howsoever) developed, completely decay. When traditional State-Ethics are departed from, all the bases of the divisions of individual life are shattered. ### [c1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1.9) “In Politics are realised all the forms of renunciation, in Politics are united all the sacraments, in Politics are combined all knowledge: in Politics are centred all the Worlds.” ### [c1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1.10) —\*Mahā-Bhārata\*, \*Śānti\*—63-28-29. ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.63.28) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Nītivākyāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.nitivakyamrta) — Somadevasūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1) · Pramāṇa