[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c23.20 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.20 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.20 - **Language:** English ### [c23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.20) ¹ The notion of toleration being a royal duty still survives. Bühler was 'told in Rājputāna, a rājā ought not to be exclusive in the point of worship, but favour all the various sects among his subjects' (\*Ind. Ant.\*, vi, 183). This principle has been acted on frequently. The \*Arthaśāstra\* goes so far as to prescribe that the king who has acquired a new territory 'should follow the people in their faith with which they celebrate their national, religious, and congregational festivals or amusements' (Bk. xiii, ch. 5). - [Previous: c23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.19) - [Next: c23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.21) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.13.5) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.20) · Pramāṇa