[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) › c40.128 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.128 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.128 - **Language:** English ### [c40.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.128) ¹ Nasik cave inscription, \*E. I.\*, VIII. 82. Text:— "गोवर्धन-वास्तव्ये श्रे णिषु कोलीकनिकाये २००० वृद्धि पडिकशत...एत च सर्वं स्रावित निगम-सभाय निबध च फलकवारे चरित्रतोति।" \*Charitra\* was recorded in books, See \*AS.\*, II. 25, p. 62. \*Charitrato\* may mean 'as Charitra was recorded'; \*Srāvita\* according to law books would mean 'attested.' The transaction was 'attested' at the Nigama Sabhā, i.e., by registration. Hindu method of attestation included both 'witnessing' and 'hearing'. - [Previous: c40.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.127) - [Next: c40.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.129) - [Up: c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Nasik No. 16](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.satavahana.nasik-no-16*hultzsch1906) — Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.128) · Pramāṇa