State and Government in Ancient India c15.177

c15.177

used to regard his minister as worthy of salutation by his own head.¹ A record of the Yādava king Kṛishṇa compares his prime-minister to his own tongue and right hand.² Another document of the same dynasty states that wealth of the country, the contentment and prosperity of its inhabitants and the increase in virtue and piety among the population all depend upon how the ministers discharge their duties.³