[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) › c48.10 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c48.10 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c48.10 - **Language:** English ### [c48.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c48.10) This lofty sense of sacrifice made the constitutional slave into the moral master: that 'one man who rules over numerous wise and brave men.' He was born, as says the Mahā-Bhārata, for the sake of others, 'like the horse or the goat.' Hindu kingship is the highest - [Previous: c48.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c48.9) - [Next: c48.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c48.11) - [Up: c48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c48) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c48.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c48.10) · Pramāṇa