The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c22.24

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And when it has shaken off this tyranny of militarism which has fooled and enslaved it, the democracy of Germany may find in the ancient Aryan constitution of India a practical solution of the problem of self-government which stood the test of five thousand years, and might be used still, as in the days of Chandragupta Maurya, "to check the power of kings," and to lay the foundations of a lasting peace in Europe.