[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) › c29.4 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.4 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.4 - **Language:** English ### [c29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.4) Mr. Smith is of opinion that they were of Mongolian origin like the Tibetans. "I believe" \[he writes\] 'that as late as the "early centuries A.C. the population of India was largely of Tibetan "affinities, snub-nosed people—see the Bharhut and Sānchī sculptures. The Lichchhavis certainly were such, and the customs "of hill-men give the best clue to the working of the \*gaṇas\*. I "think both Buddha and Mahāvīra were essentially hill-men of "semi-Mongolian type, even if they did adopt Magian features "into their teaching. You may, of course, quote me as you propose "to do." - [Previous: c29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.3) - [Next: c29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.5) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29) ## Cites (2) - [Sāñcī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sanchi) - [Bharhut](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bharhut) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.4) · Pramāṇa