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K.P. Jayaswal

Indian historian and lawyer (1881-1937) · Writers · Died at 55

Kashi Prasad Jayaswal 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.

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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.

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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1881 to 1937 · aged 55