Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.t2.27

c7.s2.t2.27

Examples again corresponding to the glorious Revolution of 1688 are not unknown to Indian history. There are several cases in which the reigning king was expelled and a new dynasty was founded by the general will of the people. When king Nāgadāsaka pursued the path of *adharma* the anger of the people led not only to his deposition, but to the condemnation of the whole of his family as unfit to hold the reins of government. On this the Śiśunāga dynasty was established in B.C. 602.⁵ The same reason led to the dethronement of the royal family of the Nandas in Magadha and the founding of the Maurya dynasty by Kauṭalya and other responsible persons as could be gathered from the *Vāyu* and *Matsya Purāṇas*.⁶