Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c5.10
Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c5.10
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c5.10
Recent works on ancient Indian polity, and the rights and duties of kings or other political authorities also seem to be in some conflict with the prevalent view of the traditional submissiveness of the Indian people. According to some, the very word ‘Raja’ meant ‘one who pleases’ and therefore any right of the king was subject to the fulfillment of duties and was forfeited if such duties were not performed. Further, an oft quoted verse of the Mahabharata states: