[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) › c7.9 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.9 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.9 - **Language:** English ### [c7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.9) ⁴ The Artha-Sāstra literature had existed before the earliest Dharma-sūtras were compiled. See Āpastamba Dh. S., II. 5. 10. 14. 'राजा पुरोहितं धर्मार्थकुशलम्'; Haradatta 'धर्मशास्त्रार्थशास्त्रज्ञं च स कुशलं पुरोहितं........' - [Previous: c7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.8) - [Next: c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.10) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Āpastambadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba.2.5.10.14) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7.9) · Pramāṇa