[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) › c24.5 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c24.5 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c24.5 - **Language:** English ### [c24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c24.5) North and West and South-West were still mainly republican in the time of Alexander. Republics here, therefore, have had a career of about one thousand years at least when Chandra-gupta ascended the imperial throne. - [Previous: c24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c24.4) - [Next: c24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c24.6) - [Up: c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c24.5) · Pramāṇa