War in Ancient India c11.t1.6

c11.t1.6

Alliances may be temporary (calasandhi) or permanent (sthāvarasandhi).⁴⁵ In other words, the latter is stable and the former is only a time marking device. The following is the list of alliances which may be made. (1) Mitrasandhi (agreement with an ally on definite terms), (2) Hiraṇyasandhi (for gold), (3) Bhūmisandhi (by acquisition of territory), (4) Karmasandhi (use of army and treasury for common enterprises), (5) Anavasitasandhi (help in colonising an unsettled tract). These are elaborately explained by Kauṭalya.⁴⁶