[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) › c26.48 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c26.48 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c26.48 - **Language:** English ### [c26.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.48) ² The other non-monarchial communities in Samudra Gupta's inscription are (1) the \*Prārjunas\*, (2) the \*Kākas\*, (3) the Ābhīras, (4) the Kharaparikas and (5) the \*Sanakānīkas\*. Kautilya in laying down punishment for defaming a country (\*janapadāpavādāḥ\*, III 18) gives in illustration \*Prājjūṇaka\*, along with Gāndhāra. That is identical with (1) The (3) had been under monarchs according to inscriptions; having been broken down in power they seem to have copied the constitution of their neighbours. The name of the (4) has been traced in a later inscription by R. Br. Hira Lal, \[EI., XII. 44\]. Nothing more is known of (5). On 'Five' Kh., cf. § 162 below. - [Previous: c26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.47) - [Next: c26.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.49) - [Up: c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.3.18) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Bodh Gayā inscription of the time of Aśokacalla, year 74 of the Lakṣmaṇasena era](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.east.sena.bodh-gaya-inscription-of-the-time-of-asokacalla-year-74-of*vidyavinoda1914) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.48) · Pramāṇa