Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c26.63

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c26.63

Their constitution emphasised the 'Janapada', according to which the whole Janapada was consecrated to rulership. It should be noticed that Pāṇini's rule about the Rājanyas deals with '*Rājanya Janapada*'. The Rājanyas were, therefore, a democracy.

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit