[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) › c43.84 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.84 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.84 - **Language:** English ### [c43.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.84) The \*\*Chief Minister\*\* is called \*Mantrin\* (\*lit.\* 'Adviser'\], \*ie.\*, the Mantrin, in the Artha-Śāstra, whose position is the first amongst the Ministers. Next to him comes in the Artha-Śāstra the \*Purohita\*, then the \*Senāpati\* and after the Senāpati comes the \*\*Yuvarāja\*\*.³ - [Previous: c43.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.83) - [Next: c43.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.85) - [Up: c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.84) · Pramāṇa