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Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.9.24

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.9.24

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Sanskrit

7.9.24

avaśyasainyaṃ śreyaḥ //

Not so, says Kautilya: an unsubmissive standing army is better as it can be made submissive by conciliation and other strategic means; but it is not so easy to collect in time scattered troops as they are engaged in their individual avocations.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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