[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c12.s5.26 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s5.26 Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s5.26 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s5.26) There is no other wealth superior to that of agricultural wealth, for our very existence depends upon it. It is one of the laws of war in ancient India that even during the operations of war no damage or injury was to be inflicted even to the enemy's crops, and that the agricultural classes were not to be molested. - [Previous: c12.s5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s5.25) - [Next: c12.s5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s5.27) - [Up: c12.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s5.26) · Pramāṇa