[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › Polity, law and society # Polity, law and society Political institutions and theory, administration, law, caste, women, social and daily life - **Contents:** 43 studies, 40 with text - **Words:** 6,815,916 ## Contents (43) - [The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889) — English; E. W. Hopkins - [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896) — English; 1849–1932 CE; Julius Jolly, Batakrishna Ghosh - [Caste in India: The Facts and the System](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896) — English; 1847–1928 CE; Émile Senart, E. Denison Ross - [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897) — English; Richard Fick, Shishirkumar Maitra - [The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.irvine-1903) — English; 1840–1911 CE; William Irvine - [Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I (Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914) — English; Narendra Nath Law, Radhakumud Mookerji - [The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914) — English; 1887–1949 CE; Benoy Kumar Sarkar - [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915) — English; 1870–1939 CE; Johann Jakob Meyer - [Public Administration in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916) — English; Pramathanath Banerjea - [Local Government in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1919) — English; Radhakumud Mookerji - [Mughal Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920) — English; Jadunath Sarkar - [The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922) — English; 1887–1949 CE; Benoy Kumar Sarkar - [A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923) — English; U. N. Ghoshal - [Administrative System of the Marathas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923) — English; 1890–1962 CE; Surendra Nath Sen - [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) — English; K. P. Jayaswal - [Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927) — English; Beni Prasad - [The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928) — English; Beni Prasad - [The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928) — English; 1890–1962 CE; Surendra Nath Sen - [Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra (Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929) — English; Haran Chandra Chakladar - [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) — English; V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar - [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) (History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India))](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) — English; 1880–1972 CE; P. V. Kane - [The Mauryan Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932) — English; V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar - [Caste and Race in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932) — English; G. S. Ghurye - [Studies in Cola History and Administration (Studies in Cōḻa History and Administration)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932) — English; K. A. Nilakanta Sastri - [Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935) — English; K. M. Ashraf - [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938) — English; A. S. Altekar - [Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories (Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mehta-1939) — English; Ratilal N. Mehta - [Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940) — English; T. V. Mahalingam - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942) — English; Ananda K. Coomaraswamy - [The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli (The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehlī)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942) — English; Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi - [Chandragupta Maurya and His Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943) — English; Radhakumud Mookerji - [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) — English; V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar - [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) — English; Jagdish Chandra Jain - [State and Government in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949) — English; A. S. Altekar - [Pracin Bharatiya Veshabhusha (Prācīn Bhāratīya Veśabhūṣā)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.motichandra-1950) — Hindi; Moti Chandra - [Indian Costume](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1951) — English; G. S. Ghurye; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 (Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958) — English; R. S. Sharma - [Ancient Indian Warfare, with Special Reference to the Vedic Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.singh-1965) — English; Sarva Daman Singh; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968) — English; J. P. Sharma - [Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dharampal-1971-2) — English; Dharampal - [The World of Courtesans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973) — English; Moti Chandra - [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) — English; J. C. Heesterman - [The Prestige Makers: Greek Slave Women in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hain-2020) — English; Kathryn A. Hain; catalogued, text not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) · Pramāṇa