[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922) › c15.71 # The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c15.71 The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c15.71 - **Language:** English ### [c15.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c15.71) ⁵ Ch. I, lines 751—752; \*cf.\* Kâmandaka’s Confucian dictum in regard to the importance of the people (XIV, 15). The \*Great Learning\* says: “By gaining the people the kingdom is gained, and by losing the people the kingdom is lost” (Chang’s Commentary, Ch. X). - [Previous: c15.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c15.70) - [Next: c15.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c15.72) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c15) ## Cites (1) - [Kāmandakīya Nītisāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kamandaka_nitisara) — Kāmandaki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c15.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c15.71) · Pramāṇa