[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) › c36.72 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.72 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.72 - **Language:** English ### [c36.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.72) § 221. Then follows the Investiture, and Announcement. The priest gives him a strong bow with three arrows with the formula "\*Protect ye him in front\*," etc. After the investiture while the king-elect is standing on the ground over the tiger-skin an Announcement is made,—the Āvid formulæ are called out:^1 - [Previous: c36.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.71) - [Next: c36.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.73) - [Up: c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.72) · Pramāṇa