[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 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times Vedic samiti and sabhā, republics (gaṇa, saṅgha) and their procedure, monarchy, coronation, paura-jānapada, ministers, taxation; from Vedic, Pāli, epic, Arthaśāstra, inscriptions. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [K. P. Jayaswal](https://indike.org/pramana/person/jayaswal-kp) - **Extent:** 2,689 passages, 120,123 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Calcutta: Butterworth 1924 (Parts I–II in one); scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (K. P. Jayaswal †1937); published before 1931: public… ## Contents - [c1 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c1) — 9 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c2) — 12 parts - [c3 Table of Contents of Part I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c3) — 78 parts - [c4 Table of Contents of Part II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c4) — 58 parts - [c5 Part I: Vedic Assemblies and Hindu Republics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c5) - [c6 I. Introductory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c6) - [c7 Chapter I: Scope and Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c7) — 30 parts - [c8 II. Vedic Assemblies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c8) - [c9 Chapter II: Samiti](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9) — 32 parts - [c10 Chapter III: The Sabha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c10) — 28 parts - [c11 III. (a) Rise and Prosperity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c11) - [c12 Chapter IV: Rise of Hindu Republics and Hindu Terms for Republics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c12) — 40 parts - [c13 Chapter V: Republics in Panini](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13) — 78 parts - [c14 Chapter VI: Republican Origin of Buddhist Samgha and Republics in Buddhist Literature (500–400 B.C.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14) — 76 parts - [c15 Chapter VII: Republics in the Arthasastra (325-300 B.C.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c15) — 40 parts - [c16 Chapter VIII: Hindu Republics in Greek Writers (C. 325 B.C.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c16) — 88 parts - [c17 Chapter IX: Constitutional Survey of the Hindu Republics in Greek Writers](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c17) — 31 parts - [c18 Chapter X: Technical Hindu Constitutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c18) — 72 parts - [c19 Chapter XI: Procedure of Deliberation in Hindu Republics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19) — 99 parts - [c20 Chapter XII: Franchise and Citizenship](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c20) — 14 parts - [c21 Chapter XIII: Judicial Administration and Laws of Republics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c21) — 14 parts - [c22 Chapter XIV: Characteristics of Republics according to the Maha-Bharata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22) — 27 parts - [c23 Chapter XV: Formation of New Republics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c23) — 18 parts - [c24 Chapter XVI: A Retrospect of the Period of Rise](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c24) — 7 parts - [c25 Chapter XVII: Republics under the Mauryas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25) — 40 parts - [c26 Chapter XVIII: Republics in S'unga Times and later](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c26) — 76 parts - [c27 Chapter XIX: Disappearance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c27) — 16 parts - [c28 Chapter XX: Criticism on Hindu republican systems](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c28) — 44 parts - [c29 Chapter XXI: Ethnology of the Republics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29) — 42 parts - [c30 Appendix A: The Maha-Bharata on the Andhaka-Vrishni-Samgha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c30) — 45 parts - [c31 Appendix B: List of Indian Republics discussed in Part I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c31) — 2 parts - [c32 Appendix C: Additional Notes on Part I (1924)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c32) — 6 parts - [c33 IV. Hindu Monarchy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c33) - [c34 Chapter XXII: Hindu Monarchy: Antiquity and Theory of Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c34) — 23 parts - [c35 Chapter XXIII: Vedic King and his Election](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35) — 45 parts - [c36 Chapter XXIV: Coronation Ceremony of Brahmana Period and Its Constitutional Significance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36) — 75 parts - [c37 Chapter XXV: Coronation Ceremony of the Brahmana Period and Its Constitutional Significance (continued)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c37) — 90 parts - [c38 Chapter XXVI: Coronation in Later Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c38) — 71 parts - [c39 Chapter XXVIA: Sacrament of Coronation Oath and Theory of Divine Origin of King](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c39) — 42 parts - [c40 Chapter XXVII: The Janapada or the Realm Assembly and The Paura or the Assembly of the Capital City (600 B. C. to 600 A. C.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40) — 132 parts - [c41 Chapter XXVIII: Political Functions of The Janapada and the Paura](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c41) — 187 parts - [c42 Chapter XXIX: Opinion of Thinkers and General Public Opinion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c42) — 29 parts - [c43 Chapter XXX: Council of Ministers](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43) — 137 parts - [c44 Chapter XXXI: Council of Ministers (contd.): Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44) — 92 parts - [c45 Chapter XXXII: Law and Administration of Justice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45) — 55 parts - [c46 Chapter XXXIII: Taxation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c46) — 74 parts - [c47 Chapter XXXIV: Economics in Government and Theory of Ownership in Land](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c47) — 77 parts - [c48 Chapter XXXV: Position of the Hindu King](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c48) — 23 parts - [c49 Chapter XXXVI: Character of the Hindu Monarchy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c49) — 17 parts - [c50 V. Imperial Systems](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c50) — 1 part - [c51 Chapter XXXVII: Imperial Systems](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c51) — 35 parts - [c52 VI. Revival](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c52) — 2 parts - [c53 Chapter XXXVIII: Revival of Hindu Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c53) — 3 parts - [c54 VII. Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c54) — 2 parts - [c55 Chapter XXXIX: Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c55) — 10 parts - [c56 Appendix to Part II: Appendix D. Additional Notes on Part II (1924)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c56) — 13 parts - [c57 Index to Part I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c57) — 34 parts - [c58 Index to Part II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c58) — 15 parts - [c59 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c59) — 136 parts - [c60 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c60) — 7 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) · Pramāṇa