[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) › c35.46 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c35.46 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c35.46 - **Language:** English ### [c35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.46) ¹ Cf. Macdonell, \*History of Sanskrit Literature\*, p. 158. The king (\*rājā\*) was often hereditary...... His power was by no means absolute, being limited by the will of the people expressed in the tribal assembly (Samiti). - [Previous: c35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.45) - [Next: c36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.2) - [Up: c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.46) · Pramāṇa