[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) › c22.5 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.5 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.5 - **Language:** English ### [c22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.5) § 124. The disquisition in the Mahā-Bhārata makes it clear that '\*Gaṇa\*' refers to the whole body politic, the entire P o l i t i c a l C o m m u n i t y, and, in the alternative, the Parliament, and not to the "governing body" only (a view to which Dr. Thomas inclines, \*J. R. A. S.\*, 1915, p. 534). The governing body was composed of the \*G a ṇ a - m u k h y a s\* and \*P r a d h ā n a\* (Chiefs and President) whose jurisdiction it was to conduct affairs of the community (verse 23).² Resolutions of State were matters which remained in their hands (verse 24); they held meetings and discussed those Resolutions (25). They also saw to the administration of justice (27). Thus the executive was a distinct body inside the \*Gaṇa\*. - [Previous: c22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.4) - [Next: c22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.6) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.5) · Pramāṇa