[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) › c40.31 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.31 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.31 - **Language:** English ### [c40.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.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 - [Previous: c40.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.30) - [Next: c40.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.32) - [Up: c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.31) · Pramāṇa