[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) › c49.2 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c49.2 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c49.2 - **Language:** English ### [c49.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49.2) § 356. It would be evident from the above discussion of Mīmāṁsā, from the theory of taxation, from the coronation oath and other points noticed above that the \*\*State under Monarchy\*\* in the eyes of the Hindu was a \*\*Trust.\*\* The object of the trust is clearly stated in the Śruti text which had to be repeated at every Coronation: \*"This State to Thee (is given)—Thou art the\* "director, regulator, firm bearer (of this responsibility)—\*for\* "(the good of) \*agriculture, for well-being, for prosperity, for growth\* "(of the people), (that is) \*for success\*."¹ - [Previous: c48.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c48.24) - [Next: c49.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49.3) - [Up: c49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49.2) · Pramāṇa