Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.421

c6.421

In spite of good government the country was not entirely free from crime.⁵ Kāsī was ruled with justice and equity. The ministers of the king were just and honest. No false suit was brought to court, and sometimes real cases were so scanty that ministers had to remain idle for lack of litigants. The king of Benaras was always on the alert to know his own faults.⁶