[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) › c43.95 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.95 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.95 - **Language:** English ### [c43.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.95) In the Mānava Code the king is his own \*Finance Minister\*.⁵ He himself holds charge of the Finance. He is not directly named in Manu but his subordinates are mentioned under the designation which the Artha-Śāstra gives to him—\*Samāhartṛi\*. In the Artha-Śāstra there is an allied portfolio, of the Sannidhātṛi (§ 211). Later on the two portfolios coalesce into one. In the Śukranīti the Minister of Finance is Sumantra. Govinda-rāja (§ 309) gives another designation, arthasañchayakṛit. - [Previous: c43.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.94) - [Next: c43.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.96) - [Up: c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.95) · Pramāṇa