[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) › c36.48 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.48 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.48 - **Language:** English ### [c36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.48) § 213. The offering to the 'jewel-holders' is explained by the set phrase in each case, '\*for it is for him that he is thereby consecrated and him he makes his faithful follower.\*' He treats with \*Havi\* the headman of the village corporation because 'he assuredly is one of his jewels and it is for him that he is thereby consecrated, etc.'¹ - [Previous: c36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.47) - [Next: c36.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.49) - [Up: c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.48) · Pramāṇa