State and Government in Ancient India c11.12

c11.12

It is, however, interesting to note that no disabilities seem to have been imposed even upon foreigners as aliens. A Greek was serving as the viceroy of an important frontier province under Aśoka ; a Parthian was serving as a governor under the Śaka king Rudradāman I (*c.* 135 A. D.) and a Hūṇa officer was serving in an important post in the administration of king Yaśovarman (*c.* 725 A. D.) Muslims were permitted to settle down in Western India by the Rāshtrakūṭas and allowed to have their own officers to administer their personal law.