[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) › c58.8 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c58.8 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c58.8 - **Language:** English ### [c58.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c58.8) | | Pages | | Pages | | —Daṇḍanāyaka | 126, 147 | its theory of king's servitude to Law | 57-58 | | —bhūmi | 177 | —written under the revolutionary regime | 54 | | —pṛithivī | 178 | Medhātithi, his political definition of Āryāvarta | 113\*n\*; 119 | | Mahā-Bhārata war | 60 | on mines | 173 | | —its date | 206\*n\* | Megasthenes—monarchy in India | 3-619 | | Mahāmātras | 125, 148 | —on failure of royal lines | 51 | | Agra— | 126, 148 | —on Pātaliputra | 74, 101, 102, 103 | | Mahāpadma | 194 | —on jurisdiction of Ministry | 141 | | Mahattaras | 105 | Midland and monarchy | 4 | | Mahāvīra | 197 | Mīmāṁsā | 174, 187 | | Mahishī | 16, 42 | Mines | 173 | | Maṇi (armlet) | 9, 20 | —tax on | 173 | | Majority | 118, 129 | Ministers | 9, 21, 42 | | Mantra (Policy of State) | 142 | —and gift by kings | 119, 120 | | Mantradharas | 128, 129, 130 | —called "kings" | 116 | | Mantragrāhas | 128, 129, 130 | council of, their number | 122 | | Mantrin | 123, 124, 126, 127, 133 | of Finance, of Law, Home, War, Revenue, Agriculture, Justice, Religion, Diplomacy | 223 | | Manu | 163 | —Chief | 126 | | Mantri-parishad | 122 | designations of— | 126 | | —and Paura-Jānapada | 130 | for the Army | 133 | | Mantra-parishad (Council of State) | 118, 122, 132 | —of Diplomacy | 127 | | Mathurā | 55\*n\* | —of Finance | 127 | | Maurya | 17, 23 | —of War, | 127 | | —Brihadratha | 50 | —of mines and manufactories | 134 | | emperor, opposed by ministers | 122 | —of Revenue | 133, 134 | | —princes | 125 | —of prisons | 133 | | Mayor of the city | 71 | —of treasury | 134 | | —of the palace | 131 | —of law | 158, 159 | | Mādhavāchārya on proprietorship in land, | 177-178 | —duty of— | 158, 159 | | Māhārājya | 28, 193 | | | | Mānava Dharma Sāstra age of | 55\*n\* | | | | its theory of divine kingship | 55-57 | | | | —displacement of the theory | 57 | | | - [Previous: c58.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c58.7) - [Next: c58.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c58.9) - [Up: c58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c58) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c58.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c58.8) · Pramāṇa