[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) › c47.48 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.48 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.48 - **Language:** English ### [c47.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.48) "\*Mahā-bhūmi\* (the Great Land, Public Land, cf. below '\*nonpublic\*') : is it or not an object of gift? 'King may give it away, "for he possesses it.' Land is not his property "because sovereignty is for protection "and growth only. Therefore it is not "given." - [Previous: c47.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.47) - [Next: c47.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.49) - [Up: c47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.48) · Pramāṇa