[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) › c7.28 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.28 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.28 - **Language:** English ### [c7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.28) § 4. We must not lose sight of another class of mediæval productions. The little book \*Brihaspati-Sūtra\*, recently edited by Dr. F. W. Thomas (\*Le Muséon\*), is one of them. It is a piece of Artha-Śāstra literature in \*Sūtras\*. But in its present shape, it is a product of the Middle Ages, though portions therein are undoubtedly based on ancient materials. It gives, as we shall see, some very valuable information. Similarly, the Nīti-Vākyāmṛita by Somadeva who flourished in the tenth century A.C., is in \*Sūtras\*. It is an eclectic work based generally on old authorities.¹ The \*sūtras\* are generally quotations which the Jaina author calls, not altogether without justification, 'immortal essence' (\*amṛita\*) of 'political maxims.' - [Previous: c7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.27) - [Next: c7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.29) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7) ## Cites (2) - [Bārhaspatyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nastika.carvaka.brhaspatisutra) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Nītivākyāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.nitivakyamrta) — Somadevasūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.28) · Pramāṇa