Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.56

c40.56

Vyāsa sees danger of successful denial in the case of a document written even in the hand-writing of the executant, for a cunning man may write several hands. A Jānapada document therefore, 'alone', i.e., registered by the Deśa-president or others (i.e., his officers as in the case of government registration by the officer of the king. *Vishṇu*, VII. 3. ‘**राजाधिकरणे तन्नियुक्तकायस्थकृतं तदध्यक्षकरचिह्नितं राजसाक्षितं**’) was a good proof (see § 269).