A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c10.43
A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c10.43
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sary that new theories of the king's origin should be propounded, involving a higher basis for the king's office than the mere agreement of the people. Of such a nature, in our view, are the theories of the Mahābhārata and the Manusamhitā which, while based upon the ground-work of an antecedent state of nature, uniformly express, as we hope to show presently, the idea of the king's creation by Divine will.∗