[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) › c32.s6.2 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s6.2 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s6.2 - **Language:** English ### [c32.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c32.s6.2) Pp. 154-5.—Freedom in preference to home. Cf. Manu, VII, 212: “Let a king, without hesitation, quit for his own sake even a country, “salubrious, fertile and causing an increase of cattle” (Bühler). - [Previous: c32.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c32.s6.1) - [Next: c32.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c32.s6.3) - [Up: c32.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c32.s6) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.212) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c32.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c32.s6.2) · Pramāṇa