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² *Ibid*. The interpretation of the terms ‘Madhyama’ and ‘Udāsīna’ given by Shama Śāstri as ‘mediatory’ and ‘neutral’ do not seem altogether correct. Law is perhaps not so much better when he explains them as ‘medium’ and ‘super’ and assigns a fitting position to them in the circle of states. (*Arthaśāstra*., Bk. vi, chap. ii; *Interstate Relations in Ancient India*, pp. 12 and 13.