Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.31

c40.31

There is the unquestionable evidence afforded by the Hāthigumphā inscription of Khāravela, which says that the king granted privileges to the *Jānapada* (in the singular, *Jānapadam*). The evidence of the Rāmāyaṇa referred to above is equally important. The *Jānapada* was waiting for the consecration of the King-Assistant. They, the Jānapadas, according to the Rāmāyaṇa, had already come to a unanimous decision in a joint conference with the Pauras and others on the question of this proposed consecration. The resolution was: 'we desire this consecration'.¹