Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.14

c22.14

¹ Aristocracies like those of Patala : 'for in this community the command in war is vested in two hereditary kings of two different houses, while a Council of Elders ruled the whole State with paramount authority.' (Diodorus) ; also *Artha-Śāstra*, p. 35 : कुलस्य वा भवेद्राज्यं कुल-सङ्घः हि दुर्जयः ।