[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) › c28.17 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c28.17 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c28.17 - **Language:** English ### [c28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28.17) § 175. The evidence of the Chatuś-Śatikā of Āryadeva, a fragmentary manuscript of which was discovered by Mahāmahopādhyāya Hara Prasad Shastri,³ establishes that the elected ruler in a Gaṇa was regarded as a servant of the Gaṇa (\*gaṇa-dāsa\*). The same principle is declared by Kṛishṇa in the discussion cited in the Mahā-Bhārata. 'It is the servant's duty (dāsya) which 'I have to perform under the name of rulership (\*Aiśvarya-Vādena\*).'² - [Previous: c28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28.16) - [Next: c28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28.18) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28.17) · Pramāṇa