[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c11.15 # War in Ancient India c11.15 War in Ancient India c11.15 - **Language:** English ### [c11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11.15) The diplomatic system gained more and more importance with the march of time. By the epoch of the \*Atharva Veda Samhitā\*¹⁰ we find the monarch as the centre of Hindu diplomacy occupying a seemingly absolute position, but subjected to discipline by his Purohita and public opinion. In this respect the ancient king differed from the Archon Basileus of Athens and the \*Rex sacrorum\* of early Rome. - [Previous: c11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11.14) - [Next: c11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11.16) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11.15) · Pramāṇa