[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) › c23.12 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c23.12 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c23.12 - **Language:** English ### [c23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c23.12) The recognition of the system of naming a corporate association after the founder or president helps us in investigating the origins of our republics. The village corporation was named after the grāmaṇī,⁵ Vedic charaṇas were named after founders, religious bodies took the names of their first organisers, and so did may of our republics. - [Previous: c23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c23.11) - [Next: c23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c23.13) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c23.12) · Pramāṇa