[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) › c49.7 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c49.7 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c49.7 - **Language:** English ### [c49.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49.7) Sacerdotal duties were never imposed upon the king. He was never a priest even in the Vedic age. By prosperity was meant, of course, the immediate material prosperity : the state was instituted for \*land-culture, wealth, etc.\* That prosperity, which was secured by a correct administration and justice, was regarded to bring about moral prosperity in its train as a corollary. - [Previous: c49.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49.6) - [Next: c49.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49.8) - [Up: c49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49.7) · Pramāṇa