[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) › c25.9 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.9 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.9 - **Language:** English ### [c25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.9) In other words, the Maurya policy was to allow honourable existence to those republics which were strong and united in leagues (for these were 'difficult to be conquered'). Those which were isolated were to be weakened by a policy of internal division and then reduced by force. - [Previous: c25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.8) - [Next: c25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.10) - [Up: c25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.9) · Pramāṇa