State and Government in Ancient India c21.14

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c21.14

The ancient Indian thinkers knew that war could not be altogether tabooed ; they therefore tried to minimise its chances by advocating a judicious balance of power among the different states with which the country was studded. The well-known *maṇḍala* theory of the Smṛiti and Nīti writers is based upon this principle.¹

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