Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c51.27

c51.27

¹ Artha-Sāstra, p. 338:—देशः पृथिवी। तस्यां हिमवत्समुद्रान्तरमुदीचीनं योजन-सहस्र-परिमाणं तिर्यक् चक्रवर्तिक्षेत्रम् 'Country is the whole land (i.e., India). In it from the Himalayas up to the Ocean—straight north, 1000 yojanas in measure, is the Chakravartin-arena.'