[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) › c55.3 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c55.3 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c55.3 - **Language:** English ### [c55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c55.3) ¹ Coins have been found which Sir Alexander Cunningham, the most competent critic on Hindu numismatics, has placed about 1000 BC. The Purāṇas and Khāravela's inscription (JBORS, III, pp. 436-7) indicate the date of the Mahā-Bhārata to have been \*c.\* 1425 BC. Megasthenes, 310 B.C., found the Hindus counting 154 kings from the earliest times to Chandragupta. - [Previous: c55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c55.2) - [Next: c55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c55.4) - [Up: c55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c55) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c55.3) · Pramāṇa