Public Administration in Ancient India c17.45

c17.45

The maintenance of a balance of power was one of the problems in Foreign Politics which engaged the attention of the diplomats in ancient days. Chānakya insists that a monarch should always take care that none of the other Powers grow either too strong or become too weak. The Agni Purāna says: “A King should always contemplate the balance of power among the twelve monarchs constituting the circle of foreign monarchs having dealings with his own government.”³