[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) › c41.18 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.18 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.18 - **Language:** English ### [c41.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.18) The Paura-Jānapada as one body again wait to take part in the Abhisheka (consecration) ceremony.² Although the whole body was taken to be present, only the Chiefs or 'Presidents' of the sections were in fact present in person.³ We find only the Vriddhas of the whole of Pañchāla country taking part in the ceremony at Kānyakubja, as Dharma-Pāla's copper-plate records⁴. It is to the ladies of the Chiefs of the Śreṇis that the king offers salutation after the coronation ceremony.⁵ - [Previous: c41.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.17) - [Next: c41.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.19) - [Up: c41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.18) · Pramāṇa