[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) › c7.7 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.7 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.7 - **Language:** English ### [c7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.7) ² Śānti Parvan, LVIII. LIX. It is possible that Gaura-Śiras is later than Kauṭilya. The point in favour of the antiquity of Gaura-Śiras is that he is placed in a group of ancient writers. The Śānti Parvan, in its present shape, is later than the Kāmandakīya whose author it seems to know. See Ch. cxxiii. See also § 3 below, p. 5, n. 6. - [Previous: c7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.6) - [Next: c7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.8) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.7) · Pramāṇa