Hindu Administrative Institutions c10.s4.32

c10.s4.32

rules that the king shall not punish the offenders on mere suspicion. In doubtful cases he should employ ordeals, inference and the like means. And the very fact that a comparitively later work like the *Rāja-taraṅgiṇī* speaks of the public trial of causes shows how the jury system developed itself in ancient India, without any break whatsoever.¹ This is further corroborated by inscriptional evidence. The rock edict inscriptions of Aśoka at Dhauli and Jaugada in Kalinga warns the officials against inflicting arbitrary imprisonment or torture.²