[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) › c22.17 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.17 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.17 - **Language:** English ### [c22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.17) (16-17) "In good \*gaṇas\*, Elders-by-knowledge encourage mutual subordination; behaving with complete straight-forwardness (to one another), good \*gaṇas\* attain happiness all round. Good \*gaṇas\* prosper for they establish valid legal procedures according to the Śāstras, and they are fair to one another. (18) Good \*gaṇas\* prosper because they discipline their sons and brothers, (members,¹ along with the younger generation) and always train them, and they accept (only) those who have been well trained. - [Previous: c22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.16) - [Next: c22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.18) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.17) · Pramāṇa