Public Administration in Ancient India c19.23

c19.23

It ought to be noted that the Kings of India, as a rule, confined their military activities within the borders of India, and Indian history does not record many invasions of foreign countries. In the opinion of Megasthenes, it was a sense of justice which “prevented any Indian King from attempting conquest beyond the limits of India.” The conquests of Ceylon, Siam, Cambodia, Java, and Sumatra seem to have been exceptions to this rule; but, really, they were in part military achievements and in part colonising enterprises.