A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s1.37
A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s1.37
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c12.s1.37
Influence of the Moslem conquest upon political thought—The Śukranīti is a work of compilation but contains original elements—The conception of Nītiśāstra and of its use as compared with that of the other sciences—The king's rule by virtue of his personal merit, and the equivalence of his functions to those of the deities—The doctrines of perpetual dependence of the subjects upon the king and of the king's immunity from harm—Principles tending to counteract the abuses of the king's authority:—(1) the king is the servant of the people by divine creation; (2) the distinction between the good king and the tyrant; (3) the right of deposition.