[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) › c26.63 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c26.63 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c26.63 - **Language:** English ### [c26.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.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. - [Previous: c26.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.62) - [Next: c26.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.64) - [Up: c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26.63) · Pramāṇa