[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) › c43.45 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.45 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.45 - **Language:** English ### [c43.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.45) even to Brahmins if the ministers "opposed" the gifts. The law is as ancient as the time of Āpastamba.¹ (\*circa\* 400 B. C.). - [Previous: c43.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.44) - [Next: c43.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.46) - [Up: c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.45) · Pramāṇa