Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.160

c11.160

We have interesting glimpses of the private life of the king. He sometimes permitted himself to indulge in drinking³, in all probability at sacrifices, but never to an excess as he might fall a victim to foul plots of ambitious women. He did not sleep in day time, and even at night he had to change his bed occasionally as a precaution against attempts on his life⁴.