Public Administration in Ancient India c6.7

c6.7

But as extensive territories have their obvious advantages, they have their drawbacks. In the hands of a weak ruler, great size makes the State cumbrous and helpless, and is a source of impotence rather than of strength. Readers of Indian history know that a large territory could be controlled only by an Asoka or a Vikramāditya, and that as soon as the guiding hand of the strong and capable ruler was withdrawn, the fabric of the large State always fell into pieces.