[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) › c16.4 # The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c16.4 The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c16.4 - **Language:** English ### [c16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c16.4) "What is sovereignty?" is then the moot question to be attacked by all political philosophers. Let us proceed to examine how the problem was grasped by the \*smriti\* and \*nîti\* theorists of India. It is to be remembered, however, that we are here concerned with the thought which prevailed in the world ages before the ideas discussed in Merriam's \*History of the Theory of Sovereignty since Rousseau\*, Scherger's \*Evolution of Modern Liberty\*, Michel's \*L'Idée de l'Etat\*, Barker's \*Political Thought in England from Spencer to the Present Day\*, Joseph-Barthélemy's \*Role du pouvoir exécutif dans les républiques modernes\* or \*Problème de la compétence dans la démocratie\*, and Laski's \*Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty\* - [Previous: c16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c16.3) - [Next: c16.s1.t1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c16.s1.t1.2) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c16.4) · Pramāṇa