[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) › c44.85 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.85 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.85 - **Language:** English ### [c44.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.85) He had been a Junior Minister of Diplomacy before. But at the time the Kāvya of Harisheṇa was actually inscribed he was no more Mahā-Daṇḍanāyaka. At that time the office was held by another learned gentleman, Tila-Bhaṭṭaka. Past ministers were allowed the courtesy of the employment of their late official designations in official documents, \*e.g.\*, the father of Harisheṇa who had been Mahā-Daṇḍanāyaka in former times is mentioned with that designation in Samudra Gupta's record. - [Previous: c44.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.84) - [Next: c44.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.86) - [Up: c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.85) · Pramāṇa