[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) › c40.19 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.19 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.19 - **Language:** English ### [c40.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.19) ¹ The Jātakas and Pāli Canon have \*Janapada\* and \*Nigama\*. Nigama as will be seen, is constitutionally identical with \*Nagara\*. The Artha Śāstra has Janapada and \*Durga\*; the Rāmāyaṇa, Nagara (also \*Durga\*) and \*Janapada\* (वने वत्स्याम्यहं दुर्ग रामो राजा भविष्यति) 11. 79. 12. - [Previous: c40.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.18) - [Next: c40.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.20) - [Up: c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.19) · Pramāṇa