[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) › c28.34 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c28.34 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c28.34 - **Language:** English ### [c28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28.34) § 179. The Mahā-Bhārata says that Arājaka states could be easily conquered; that when an encounter took place between them and a strong foe, they broke like wood which does not know to bend.² This was true of all democratic republics. Once conquered they ceased to exist as a community. Their life was so much bound up with their state that life proved only co-extensive with the state and no further. - [Previous: c28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28.33) - [Next: c28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28.35) - [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.c28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28.34) · Pramāṇa