K. P. Jayaswal

Jayaswal on a 1981 stamp of India

Kashi Prasad Jayaswal (27 November 1881 – 4 August 1937) was an Indian historian and lawyer. Jayaswal's works Hindu Polity (1918) and History of India, 150 A.D. to 350 A.D. (1933) are classics of ancient Indian historical literature. Among other things, he is credited with showing that Indian republics, based on principles of representation and collective decision-making, were among the most democratic polities of the ancient world.[1]

  1. ^ Sharma, Ram Sharan (1969). Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India. Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. isbn9-780-8968-4176-5