[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Public Administration in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916) › c19.16 # Public Administration in Ancient India c19.16 Public Administration in Ancient India c19.16 - **Language:** English ### [c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.16) Chānakya was the great champion of a universal monarchy in India, and as such he regarded the acquisition of territory by means of conquest as a very desirable object. “A conqueror, well versed in the science of Politics,” says Chānakya, “who acquires territory from enemies gains superiority”; and in his opinion any ruler who opposes such an attempt was to be crushed, whatever might be the cost of the undertaking.² - [Previous: c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.15) - [Next: c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.17) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.16) · Pramāṇa