Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c51.32
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c51.32
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c51.32
Centralisation was against the genius of the race. The Buddha founded his empire, but the machinery of that empire was self-government, and it flourished. On the other hand under the Magadhan machinery, the soul of the country was chained round the imperial standard, and it failed.