History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.121.4
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.121.4
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The brāhmaṇas never arrogated to themselves the authority to depose kings and to hand over vast territories for ever to whomsoever they liked, as Pope Alexander VI by his Bull of 1493 made over the New World to Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon (vide Dean Inge's 'Christian Ethics' 1930 p. 160 where this astounding Bull is set out).