[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c25.6 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.6 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.6 - **Language:** English ### [c25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.6) 'Acquisition (conquest) \*of a Saṁgha,\*' says Kauṭilya, '\*is more desirable than an alliance of goodwill or military aid. Those which are united\* (in a league) \*should be treated with the policy of subsidy and peace, for they are invincible. Those which are not united should be conquered by army and disunion.\*' Then the policy of division is detailed; ending with '\*thus should the Monarch\* (\*Ekarāja\*) \*behave towards the Saṁghas\*' etc.⁴ ⁵ - [Previous: c25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.5) - [Next: c25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.7) - [Up: c25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.6) · Pramāṇa