[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) › c36.44 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.44 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.44 - **Language:** English ### [c36.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.44) §212. The Ratnins are a development of the Vedic 'bestowers of the (\*palāśa\*) \*maṇi\*'. The latter were the 'king-makers' (राजकृतः=the ministers), the Sūta, the head of the village community, the builders of chariots and the skilful in metals, 'surrounded by the folk.' - [Previous: c36.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.43) - [Next: c36.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.45) - [Up: c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.44) · Pramāṇa