[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) › c43.93 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.93 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.93 - **Language:** English ### [c43.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.93) The Mānava styles the \*Minister of Diplomacy\* as \*Dūta\*,⁴ who had jurisdiction with regard to \*peace and war\* relations with foreign powers and "who broke up alliances." The Rāmāyaṇa (II. 100.35) knows him by that title and so does the Śukra-Nīti. But subsequently he is called \*Sāndhi-vigrahika\*, in inscriptions of the Gupta period, in Bṛihaspati's law and later. It is curious that this Minister is not found in the list of the Artha-Śāstra. Probably the Mantrin combined that office in himself. The office was very important in Maurya days. - [Previous: c43.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.92) - [Next: c43.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.94) - [Up: c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.93) · Pramāṇa