[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) › c26.44 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c26.44 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c26.44 - **Language:** English ### [c26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.44) § 154. The Mālavas in Chapter XXX, verse 8, are again mentioned with the Matsyas. The later data of the Mahā-Bhārata evidently relate to the state of affairs about 150 B.C., while the earlier ones refer to the period of Kauṭilya or earlier, for like the Artha-Śāstra it places the Kukuras along with the Madrakas, Yaudheyas and others. The republics were still in the Punjab according to Ch. LII. - [Previous: c26.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.43) - [Next: c26.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.45) - [Up: c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.44) · Pramāṇa