Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.2.8

8.2.8

vairājyaṃ tu jīvataḥ parasyācchidya "naitan mama" iti manyamānaḥ karśayati, apavāhayati, paṇyaṃ vā karoti, viraktaṃ vā parityajyāpagacchatīti //

Of divided rule and foreign rule, divided rule or rule of a country by two kings, perishes owing to mutual hatred, partiality and rivalry. Foreign rule which comes into existence by seizing the country from its king still alive, thinks that the country is not its own, impoverishes it, and carries off its wealth, or treats it as a commercial article; and when the country ceases to love it, it retires abandoning the country.