[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) › c5.s2.16 # War in Ancient India c5.s2.16 War in Ancient India c5.s2.16 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.16) Persian herald.⁶⁶ ‘Thus it was that religion was able to win recognition for one of the most enduring ideas of international ethics.’⁶⁷ The \*Mahābhārata\* rules that the king who killed an envoy would sink into hell with all his ministers.⁶⁸ - [Previous: c5.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.15) - [Next: c5.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.17) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.16) · Pramāṇa