Public Administration in Ancient India c9.40

c9.40

The history of the variations of political boundaries in India is full of interest to the student of public administration. The success achieved on several occasions in establishing an imperial government for the whole or a large part of India, and the failure to maintain such an empire, show that while the people were striving after an imperial unity, the physical difficulties in the way of its realisation were too great to be easily overcome before the advent of the contrivances of modern science.