Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s10.35
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s10.35
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c9.s10.35
**Kingship was sometimes hereditary**, as is indeed shown by several cases where the descent can be traced. Mention may be made in this connection of the Pārikshitas and the kings of Janaka's line; hereditary kingship is also suggested by the expression *Daśapurushaṁrājya*—a kingdom of ten generations—occurring in the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*.⁷ But elective monarchy was not unknown.⁸