[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) › c41.38 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.38 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.38 - **Language:** English ### [c41.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.38) § 267. There is a sample of discussion in the assemblies of the Paura and the Jānapada given in the Artha-Śāstra. Spies of the king charged to gauge the political views of the Pauras and the Jānapadas about the king, would approach (1) the Tīrtha-Sabhā-Śālā-Samavāya or the Sectional sub-assembly of the Paura in charge of the sacred places and public buildings; (2) the Pūga-Samavāya or the sub-assembly in charge of trades and manufactures; and (3) the Jana-Samavāya or the Popular Assembly, that is, what the Mṛichchhakaṭika calls the Jānapada-Samavāya. By approaching these assemblies, sectional or permanent councils, the spies ascertained the prevailing feeling of the Paura and the Jānapada. The spies would broach the subject, for example, in these words: - [Previous: c41.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.37) - [Next: c41.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.39) - [Up: c41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41.38) · Pramāṇa