Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.13

c7.s2.13

It is said² that subjects must be loyal to the monarch as a student to his preceptor, and the gods to Indra, the lord of Heaven. If a king's subjects be loyal his enemies would be afraid to insult him. To insult the king is to insult the state with all its people. Kings should be honoured with valuable presents. The king must in his turn be true and faithful to his subjects and put on a smiling face and speak soft and sweet words to every one that approaches him. These facts show in no uncertain terms that India did not develop a theocratic state as did mediæval Europe.