The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s4.t2.8

c10.s4.t2.8

Altogether, then, in Śukra we have to recognize a theorist in regard to the institution of which the practical regulations had been laid down by Śâkya for his Congregation. And if in the absence of evidences from inscriptions or contemporary writings it be safe to take the passages in the *Śukra-nîti* as describing the actual judiciary in certain states of India in any period of its history, the jury must be regarded as an essential feature of the system of Hindu tribunals.⁶