Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c57.6

c57.6

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| Delegation committee (*ubbahikā*) | 110,111,118 | Elected King—among the Kathas | 81 |
| composition of— | 112 | —among the Patalas | 82 |
| Democracy—of (i) the Ambasthas, (ii) the Kshudrakas and Mālavas | 81 | —among the Kunindas | 82 |
| | | Empire: Gupta | 59 |
| (iii) of Patala ... | 82 | Empire: Maurya | 59 |
| (iv) of the Punjab | 84 | Empire: Saisunāka | 59 |
| (v) *Uttara-Kurus* | 92 | Envoy | 52 |
| (vi) Uttara-Madras | 92 | Era of Prowess, (Vikrama Era) | 152 |
| *Dhamma* | 106,112,116 | | |
| *Dharma* (Law) | 7 | Equality by Kula and | |
| *Dharma-chakra*—a religious empire as opposed to a city state of Dharma | 116 | —by birth, universal | 130 |
| | | Espionage | 129 |
| | | Exchequer | 129 |
| Dharma-sūtras | 21 | Executive authority—delegated to a second chamber ... | 83 |
| Diodorus | 66,81,84 | | |
| Disunion (*bheda*) | 128 | Executive Council | 40,53,88 |
| Disunion—methods of creating | 141 | Executive power | 41 |
| | | Exposure of dead bodies (among the Lichchhavis)— | 181 |
| Division (constitutional sense) | 109 | | |
| Doctors of Law | 53 | —theory of Tibetian origin based upon its existence among the Lichchhavis criticised | 183,184 |
| *Dorājjāni* | 26 | | |
| Double Chamber Constitution | 44 | | |
| Dual groups | 41, 42 | | |
| Dual sovereignty—in Avanti | 96 | ## F | |
| —in Nepal | 96,97 | | |
| Dvairājya (rule of two) | 96, 97, 99 | Federal Council | 42,53,54 |
| | | Federal states—equal votes | 54 |
| ## E | | Fleet Dr. | 20 |
| | | Foreign policy | 30 |
| Ekarāja (monarch) | 141,84 | Franchise | 81 |
| Elders | 18,19,83 | —in the Aristocratic republics vested in the family | 119 |
| Elders (of *Kulas*) | 130 | | |
| Elected general among the Ambasthas | 81 | —in the democracies | 119 |
| | | —in the individual | 120 |
| —among the Lichchhavis | 82 | extended to outsiders | 121 |
| Elected rulers | 42,43 | Free right of discussion | 18 |