Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.28
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.28
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c43.28
It is remarkable that the king is not given even the power of vetoing. The Kauṭilīya in emphasising the importance of the Parishad says that Indra was called 'thousand-eyed,' although he had only two eyes, because he had thousand wise members in his Mantra-Parishad or Council of State who were regarded as his eyes.²