Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.37
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.37
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c47.37
The very discussion of Mīmāṁsā proves, for it presupposes, the existence of private property in land. Such private property was deemed inviolable. All possible pretensions by the Crown to such right was denied in the clearest possible terms. And this was quite in consonance with the spirit of Hindu Law which held even the gods subject to law and prescribed punishment for the sovereign, if he was arbitrary.