[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) › c19.53 # Public Administration in Ancient India c19.53 Public Administration in Ancient India c19.53 - **Language:** English ### [c19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.53) After the conquest of a territory the defeated monarch was usually allowed to continue as ruler, subject to the suzerain authority of the conqueror; but if he refused to submit or was killed in battle, another prince of the royal family was placed on the throne. The conqueror, as a rule, adopted a policy of conciliation towards the people of the conquered country.² Vishnu gives the following advice to a conqueror: “having conquered the country of his foe, let him not abolish (or disregard) the laws of that country.... A King having conquered the capital of his foe, should invest there a prince of the royal race of that country with the royal dignity. Let him not extirpate the royal race, unless the royal race be of ignoble descent.” - [Previous: c19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.52) - [Next: c19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.54) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.53) · Pramāṇa