Public Administration in Ancient India c12.49

c12.49

This great influence possessed by Ministers of old was doubtless, in a large measure, due to the selfless spirit in which many of them served the State. Though such Ministers controlled the destinies of large kingdoms and sometimes extensive empires, they, as a rule, led very simple lives,¹ and were renowned for their honesty, integrity, and nobility of character. Numerous examples of devotedness to duty on the part of Ministers, sometimes under very difficult and trying circumstances, are recorded in Indian history and literature.²