[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) › c7.20 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.20 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.20 - **Language:** English ### [c7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.20) the 'Law for the Rulers.' Under the latter term, it has been treated in the \*Śānti-Parvan\* of the \*Mahā-Bhārata\*. The \*Mahā-Bhārata\* draws on materials generally old, but handled as late as the fifth century after Christ, with an earlier systematization, cir. 150 B.C.¹ - [Previous: c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.19) - [Next: c7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.21) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.20) · Pramāṇa