[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 # The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics Hindu constitutional institutions (republics, councils, municipal and judicial bodies) and political theory (Arthaśāstra, Nītiśāstra), compared with Western states. - **Language:** English - **Date:** 1887–1949 CE - **Author:** [Benoy Kumar Sarkar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sarkar-bk) - **Extent:** 1,850 passages, 93,939 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Verlag von Markert & Petters, Leipzig 1922; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Benoy Kumar Sarkar †1949); published before 1931:… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c1) — 3 parts - [c2 The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c2) — 7 parts - [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c3) — 25 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c4) — 10 parts - [c5 Authorities Cited](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c5) — 6 parts - [c6 Chapter I. Comparative Politics from Hindu Data](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c6) — 2 parts - [c7 Chapter II. Hindu Political Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c7) — 18 parts - [c8 Part I. The Hindu Constitution](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c8) — 1 part - [c9 Chapter III. Hindu Achievements in Organization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c9) — 5 parts - [c10 Chapter IV. The Public Law of the Hindus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c10) — 26 parts - [c11 Chapter V. The Hindu Machinery of Imperial Nationalism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c11) — 32 parts - [c12 Chapter VI. Gaṇas or Republics of the Hindus (c B. C. 600—A. C. 350)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c12) — 22 parts - [c13 Part II. The Concepts of Hindu Politics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c13) — 1 part - [c14 Chapter VII. Hindu Literature on Politics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c14) — 4 parts - [c15 Chapter VIII. The Theory of the Constitution in Hindu Political Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c15) — 76 parts - [c16 Chapter IX. The Theory of Sovereignty in Hindu Political Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c16) — 5 parts - [c17 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c17) — 4 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922) · Pramāṇa