[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) › c19.37 # Public Administration in Ancient India c19.37 Public Administration in Ancient India c19.37 - **Language:** English ### [c19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.37) “Let not a new vessel filled with water, consecrated, and covered with darbha grass, be the acquisition of that man who does not fight in return for the subsistence received by him from his master, and who is destined to go to hell.”² - [Previous: c19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.36) - [Next: c19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.38) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.37) · Pramāṇa