[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) › c7.10 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.10 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.10 - **Language:** English ### [c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.10) If we allow an interval of even twenty years for each of these known authorities, we shall have to date the literature of Hindu Politics as far back as \*circa\* 650 B. C. This date is corroborated by the \*Jātakas\*, which are regarded as pre-Buddhān (\*i.e.\*, anterior to 600 B. C.): they recognise \*Artha\*, that is, \*Artha-Śāstra\*, as a chief science for the guidance of successful ministers.¹ - [Previous: c7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.9) - [Next: c7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.11) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.10) · Pramāṇa