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# Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.81

Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.81

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### [c44.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.81)

Vaiśyas and three Sūdras, and finally one Sūta who was of the mixed caste. The remarkable point is that the largest class (Vaiśya) had the largest number in the Ministry. The Śūdra and the Brahmin are almost equally divided. The real ministry, as it says, was composed of eight members only.¹

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