[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) › c7.s2.t2.59 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.t2.59 Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.t2.59 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.t2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.t2.59) It is strange that Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar who admits the existence of popular monarchy in the pre-Mauryan period points out to the absolutism of the Mauryas including Aśoka. He quotes the following in support of his theory: ' All men are my children and just as I desire for my children that they may obtain every kind of welfare and happiness both in this and the next world, so do I desire for all men' (Aśoka in the separate Kalinga Edicts). This is said to agree with the \*Arthaśāstra\* where the relation of the king to his subjects is mentioned to be that of the father to his children.¹ - [Previous: c7.s2.t2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.t2.58) - [Next: c7.s2.t2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.t2.60) - [Up: c7.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.t2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.t2.59) · Pramāṇa