A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c10.88
A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c10.88
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c10.88
Turning to the rules of public policy we may mention that Manu enjoins the king to protect his kingdom and destroy its opponents, by employing the striking analogy of the weeder who plucks up the weeds and preserves the corn.‡ In an earlier verse he recommends the king to adopt the traditional list of four expedients, namely conciliation, dissension, bribery and force.§ Among these, it should be observed, Manu prefers conciliation and force to the rest, while he justifies the employment of the latter expedient only in the last resort.||