The Mauryan Polity c10.s2.t5.17
The Mauryan Polity c10.s2.t5.17
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c10.s2.t5.17
(5) They were to discharge their responsibilities with a sense of duty, peace of mind, and with no feeling of hostility. They were to promote what was good for the *prajā* and the *loka* (people) and on behalf of the Jānapada. By taking a dispassionate view of things and acting selflessly with an eye to the welfare of the people, they realised their objects easily. They were, in short, expected to do what the common will dictated as tending for the common good.