The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s2.t4.8
The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s2.t4.8
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c10.s2.t4.8
No extraordinary value is therefore to be attributed to the passage in the Hâthigumphâ inscription (165 B. C.) where the word *jânapada* occurs. The import merely is what is conventionally related of almost all Hindu kings in the epics, stories and eulogistic verses. We are to understand simply that Khâravela's work afforded satisfaction to his subjects. The passage cannot imply that "privileges" were granted to "parliament" (the "national assembly").