[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) › c8.s2.58 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.58 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.58 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.58) It may be argued that the high salary allowed by Kauṭalya to the \*purohita\* does not necessarily mean that the latter was one of the \*amātyas\*. For the Archbishop of Canterbury draws a princely salary but surely for that reason one cannot claim for him a place in the cabinet of ministers. It is wrong to judge ancient Indian facts by modern standards. There is no comparison between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the \*purohita\* of the ancient Indian state. That the latter was an influential factor of the Hindu cabinets no one can deny. To this extent Kauṭalya gives unmistakably a place to him. He was an important limb of the Government. - [Previous: c8.s2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.57) - [Next: c8.s2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.59) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.58) · Pramāṇa