[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) › c40.50 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.50 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.50 - **Language:** English ### [c40.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.50) association \*Deśa samgha\* or the \*Jānapada\* is obviously meant. Similarly, when a document registered by the Deśa-adhyaksha is termed by Vyāsa the law-giver a Jānapada document, the adhyaksha of Deśa is the President of the Deśa assembly or the Jānapada.¹ The above data prove that the Jānapada of Manu and Yājñavlkya and the Deśa-samgha of Manu and Kauṭilya are identical. The corporate association Jānapada or Deśa-Samgha as the name signifies, was a body for the whole country (except, as we shall presently see, the capital). - [Previous: c40.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.49) - [Next: c40.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.51) - [Up: c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40) ## Cites (4) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa-works.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.50) · Pramāṇa