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Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.148

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.148

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c13.s2.148

Diodoros tells us⁶ that Tauala (Patala) had a political constitution drawn on the same lines as the Spartan; for in this community the command in war was vested in two hereditary kings of different houses, while a Council of Elders ruled the whole state with paramount authority. One of the kings in the time of Alexander was called **Moeres**.⁷