[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) › c57.6 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c57.6 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c57.6 - **Language:** English ### [c57.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c57.6) | | PAGES | | PAGES | | 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 | - [Previous: c57.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c57.5) - [Next: c57.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c57.7) - [Up: c57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c57) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c57.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c57.6) · Pramāṇa