Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.t2.63

c7.s2.t2.63

The fact was that the people felt the necessity for the office of the king to ensure their welfare; and the ruler equally felt that the subjects were as necessary for his prosperity.¹ This mutual understanding of both the people and the crown gave no occasion for the outbreak of civil wars which often disfigured the even course of history in other countries. Where would then be the room for the display of autocracy when there was no particular stimulus to call it into existence? An autocracy again could only be maintained by a strong king possessing a regular standing army. Hindu monarchy was not military but civil in character.² Their various