The Mauryan Polity c7.s1.t12.5

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c7.s1.t12.5

This was the paternal conception of the ancient Indian monarchy. Kauṭalya refers to this theory in more than one place where he advocates the remission of taxes whenever need arose for such a step. (Bk. II, 1; Bk. IV, 3.) In the chapter on *Janapadaniveśa* (Bk. II, 1) the king is asked to treat the newly settled people as his children (*nivṛttaparihārān pitevānugṛhṇīyāt*. Again in the chapter on *Upanipātapratīkāra* (Bk. IV, 3) the king is instructed to protect his subjects as his own children:

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit