[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) › c3.5 # The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c3.5 The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c3.5 - **Language:** English ### [c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c3.5) The evidential value of these latter sources of information in a portrayal of \*Realpolitik\*, excepting perhaps that of certain sections of the \*Arthaśâstra\*, is as a rule very questionable. This circumstance is not adequately realized by writers on Hindu law (public or private) but will have to be grappled with from now on as a problem in indology. - [Previous: c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c3.4) - [Next: c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c3.6) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c3) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c3.5) · Pramāṇa