[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) › c25.13 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.13 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.13 - **Language:** English ### [c25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.13) In the light of ascertained facts of the constitutional history of the time of Kauṭilya and Alexander we can now understand the inscriptions of Aśoka better on a point. We have to recognise the republican character of many of the political communities mentioned by Aśoka in his inscriptions. - [Previous: c25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.12) - [Next: c25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.14) - [Up: c25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.13) · Pramāṇa