[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) › c36.37 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.37 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.37 - **Language:** English ### [c36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.37) (11) Govikartṛi (master of forests, literally, destroyer of beasts). He was evidently the officer described by Megasthenes amongst the 'Great officers of State'¹ having 'charge also of the huntsmen' who cleared the land of wild beasts and fowls which devoured the seeds.¹ - [Previous: c36.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.36) - [Next: c36.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.38) - [Up: c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.37) · Pramāṇa