Public Administration in Ancient India c17.40

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c17.40

² The Agni Purāna has a very low opinion of the work of an ambassador. “An ambassador is but an open spy, and a spy is but an envoy travelling in the enemy’s country in the guise of a trader, a mendicant, or a strolling physician.” CCXLI. sl. 12.

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Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit