[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) › c22.7 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.7 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.7 - **Language:** English ### [c22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.7) It may also be noticed that the large number which composed the \*Gaṇa\* is alluded to in verse 8; and the \*whole\* body is mentioned in verse 24. It was impossible to keep matters of vital policy secret on account of the large number of the \*Gaṇa\*. This was in the opinion of the Mahā-Bhārata writer a great defect in the \*Gaṇa\* constitution (8 and 24). It is thus apparent that a close body was not meant by '\*Gaṇa\*'. The \*Gaṇas\* generally formed confederacies (11 to 15). Learning in the \*gaṇas\* is alluded to in verse 21. - [Previous: c22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.6) - [Next: c22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.8) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.7) · Pramāṇa