[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) › c9.22 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c9.22 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c9.22 - **Language:** English ### [c9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.22) Ṛig Veda are to be found only in portions which are considered to be the latest. We may, therefore, conclude that the Samiti was a product of the developed, not early, Vedic age. The developed stage of debate, evidently a free right of discussion, the anxiety of the debater to win over the opinion of others, all point to a culture of considerable degree. In the Germanic folk-assembly, we have some nobleman speaking and the ordinary people present merely expressing inarticulate approval, conveyed by noise of arms¹: the stage of debate is not yet known to them. It is therefore not accurate to compare the Samiti (as some European scholars have done) with the early folk-assemblies of Western Europe. - [Previous: c9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.21) - [Next: c9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.23) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.22) · Pramāṇa