[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) › c7.30 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.30 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.30 - **Language:** English ### [c7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.30) § 5. Ethico-political writings are kept out of our scope. Opinion, for instance, would be divided as to the true character of certain works in our vernaculars, like the \*Dāsa-Bodha\* ('Address to the Enslaved') by the Teacher Rāma-Dāsa, the great text-book of the time of Śivajī Chhatrapati, and the Hindi books of Guru Govinda-Siṃha. Mystic and non-political interpretations would be given by religious enthusiasts to many views apparently political. It is therefore better to leave them out in our present studies. - [Previous: c7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.29) - [Next: c7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.31) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.30) · Pramāṇa