Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c34.12

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c34.12

§ 200. The Vedic theory is found in the Aitareya Brâhmaṇa. It asserts that the Devas, i.e. their worshippers, the Hindus, originally had no king. In their struggle against the Asuras—when the Devas found that they were repeatedly defeated, they came to the conclusion that it was because the Asuras had a king to lead them, they were successful. Therefore they decided to try the same experiment. And they agreed to elect a king:

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