[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) › c41.142 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.142 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.142 - **Language:** English ### [c41.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.142) The Grāmaṇī was generally a rich man, a Vaiśya according to a Vedic reference² and a Kshatriya according to the Pāli Canon.³ The members returned to the Jānapada were very likely men from the Grāmaṇī class. - [Previous: c41.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.141) - [Next: c41.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.143) - [Up: c41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41) ## Cites (1) - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.1.6.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.142) · Pramāṇa