Hindu Administrative Institutions c11.s4.20

c11.s4.20

There is an interesting inscription of the great Chola king Rāja Rāja (A.D. 985) who conquered *malaināḍu* and killed eighteen princes in retaliation for insult offered to his ambassador.² From this the inference is irresistible that the development of international law in ancient India was *de jure* if not *de facto*.