State and Government in Ancient India c23.s3.20

c23.s3.20

We may well believe Yuan Chwang when he states that Harsha was just in his administration and punctilious in the discharge of his duties.¹ It appears that the cultural activities received generous patronage; for the Chinese pilgrim states, ‘Of the royal land, there is a fourfold division. One part is for the expenses of the government and state worship, one for the endowment of great public servants, one to reward high intellectual eminence and one for acquiring religious merit by gifts to various sects’.²