[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) › c19.57 # Public Administration in Ancient India c19.57 Public Administration in Ancient India c19.57 - **Language:** English ### [c19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.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. - [Previous: c19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.56) - [Next: c19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.58) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mṛcchakaṭika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.mrcchakatika) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit - [Mudrārākṣasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.rajacarita.mudraraksasa) — Viśākhadatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.57) · Pramāṇa