Public Administration in Ancient India c19.57

c19.57

¹ The custom prevailed in India of liberating all prisoners on happy occasions, like the birth of a son to the King, or the coronation of a new King, or the inauguration of the Crown Prince, or the conquest of a new territory. In the Mudrā-Rākshasa we read of the liberation of all prisoners by order of Kautilya after Chandragupta’s consolidation of his conquests. In the Mrichchakatikā also we find a reference to this custom.