[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) › c47.63 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.63 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.63 - **Language:** English ### [c47.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.63) The \*Jātaka\*, which we shall quote verbatim below in the next chapter, says \[and there it is the speech of a king\], that the king's authority is limited to magisterial duty, that he had nothing more than that, and that he is not the lord of the kingdom. - [Previous: c47.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.62) - [Next: c47.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.64) - [Up: c47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47) ## Cites (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47.63) · Pramāṇa