[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) › c41.138 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.138 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.138 - **Language:** English ### [c41.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.138) The reference in the Daśakumāra-charita⁴ which represents the king making an illegal request to the president of the Jānapada for the oppression of a particular Grāmaṇī or the head of the village assembly, associates a Jānapada member with the village unit. The Janapada, according to the Artha-Śāstra, was composed of villages and towns.¹ It is permissible to assume that the Jānapada had similarly its constituents in village corporations and townships of the country. - [Previous: c41.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.137) - [Next: c41.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.139) - [Up: c41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41) ## Cites (1) - [Daśakumāracarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.prasiddha.dasakumaracarita) — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.138) · Pramāṇa