[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) › c45.6 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c45.6 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c45.6 - **Language:** English ### [c45.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.6) The judges in Persia under Cambyses "found a law that the "Persian king might do whatever he pleased."⁴ But such a finding was impossible to be come to by Hindu judges and lawyers; so much so that even the author of the Artha-Sāstra tells his prince that destruction befalls an arbitrary king.⁵ - [Previous: c45.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.5) - [Next: c45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.7) - [Up: c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.6) · Pramāṇa