Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.90
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.90
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c41.90
Every Paura and every Jānapada (that is, every member) was to be humoured by personal attention of the king before the time for the speech and demand arrived.¹ We are already familiar with the Outer body of the Paura-Jānapadas. In the Rāmāyaṇa, as we have seen, the same term occurs. But what is meant by the Middle body? They here stand for 'the Inner body'. They were to be "used" and "given wages" for their dishonourable conduct. They were won over to favour the king's proposal.