[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) › c4.1 # The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c4.1 The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c4.1 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c4.1) | Preface | VII | | Authorities Cited | XIII | | CHAPTER I. Comparative Politics from Hindu Data. | | | Section 1. A \*Yugântara\* in Political World-View | 1 | | Section 2. The Instrument of Interpretation | 5 | | CHAPTER II. Hindu Political Development. | | | Section 1. The Tenacity of Monarchy in the West | 10 | | Section 2. The State-Systems of Ancient India | 13 | | Section 3. Pax \*Sârva-bhaumica\* (Peace of the World-State) | 19 | | PART. I. THE HINDU CONSTITUTION | | | CHAPTER III. Hindu Achievements in Organization. | | | Section 1. Property and Woman in Private Law | 27 | | Section 2. Institutional \*Viriya\* (Energism) | 30 | | Section 3. Organized Charities and Utilities | 34 | | Section 4. The Politics of Ecclesiastical Bodies (\*Samghas\*) | 37 | | Section 5. \*Śreṇîs\* (Gilds) of Peasants, Artisans and Merchants | 40 | | CHAPTER IV. The Public Law of the Hindus. | | | Section 1. \*Sabhâs\* or Administrative Assemblies | 50 | | Section 2. The \*Sva-râj\* of Rural Communes | 51 | | Section 3. Municipal Government. | 60 | | Section 4. Supreme Councils | 67 | | Section 5. The Making of Laws (\*Śâsanas\*) | 72 | | Section 6. The Jury System (\*Ubbahika\*) | 81 | | Section 7. Deposition and Election of Kings | 83 | | CHAPTER V. The Hindu Machinery of Imperial Nationalism. | | | Section 1. The War Office | 87 | | Section 2. The Civil Service | 98 | | Section 3. The Judiciary | 107 | | Section 4. National Finance | 111 | | CHAPTER VI. Ganas or Republics of the Hindus (c B. C. 600—A. C. 350). | | | Section 1. Republicanism in the Occident | 137 | | Section 2. Three Periods of Hindu Republics | 139 | | a) Third Period (B. C. 150—A. C. 350) | 139 | | b) Second Period (B. C. 350—300) | 141 | | c) First Period (B. C. 600—450) | 145 | | Section 3. Valuation of India's Democratic Attainments | 150 | - [Previous: c3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c3.25) - [Next: c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c4.2) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c4.1) · Pramāṇa