State and Government in Ancient India c21.18

c21.18

There were however some kings who were not interested in these rivalries going on around them. A king who was contiguous to both the conqueror and his enemy and capable of helping both the kings whether united or disunited or of resisting either of them individually was called *madhyama* or indifferent. A king with similar potentialities, but not contiguous to the conqueror, his enemy or *madhyama*, was called *udāsīna*. The 12th member of the *maṇḍala* was the *vijigīshu* himself.