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# Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.30

Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.30

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### [c29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.30)

§ 189. Their name according to the rules of grammar is a derivative of the word \*Lichchhu\*, \*i.e.\*, the followers or descendants of Lichchhu which in Sanskrit would be \*Likshu\*. \*Liksha\* means a mark and \*Likshu\* is connected with it. The name might have originated on account of some feature-

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