[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) › c19.77 # Public Administration in Ancient India c19.77 Public Administration in Ancient India c19.77 - **Language:** English ### [c19.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.77) ¹ "The philosophers gave him no less trouble than the mercenaries, because they reviled the princes who declared for him and encouraged the free states to revolt from his authority. On this account he hanged many of them." A story is also told by Plutarch which is interesting. When one of the philosophers was asked for what reason he had induced Sambhu (Sabbas) to revolt, he answered, "Because I wish him to live with honour or die with honour." Plutarch, p. 314. - [Previous: c19.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.76) - [Next: c19.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.78) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.77) · Pramāṇa