[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) › c35.45 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c35.45 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c35.45 - **Language:** English ### [c35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.45) The fact, if not the theory, was clear that the office of the king was a creation of the People and was held conditionally. Above him there was always the National Assembly, the Samiti which was, as we have seen above, the real sovereign.¹ - [Previous: c35.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.44) - [Next: c35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.46) - [Up: c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.45) · Pramāṇa