[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) › c29.20 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.20 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.20 - **Language:** English ### [c29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.20) ¹ Turnour, the authority of Mr. Smith on the Lichchhavi procedure, says thus: 'On this point, the \*At-thakathā\* contains this note. "In aforatime, the Wajjian rulers on a person being brought and presented to them, thus charged 'this is a malefactor' without at once deciding 'he is a malefactor,' dispose the Country, that one of the three punishments mentioned in the decision may be approved; - [Previous: c29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.19) - [Next: c29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.21) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29) ## Cites (1) - [Aṭṭhakathā (Buddhaghosa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.manuals.atthakatha) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.20) · Pramāṇa