Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.50
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.50
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c36.50
The reason for the respect due to the High Functionaries or Ministers should be noted. The Ratnin Ministers existed before the king came to the throne. They had existed independently of him. *They were in origin part of the Samiti*, 'the Folk around me'—the Vedic 'kings' and 'king-makers'. In later history, ministers still retain these designations of popular times;