History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.205.6
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.205.6
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the foolish Maukhari king Kṣatravarman killed by bards. Vide Kāmasūtra V. 5.30 for two other examples of the Ābhīra king Koṭṭarāja and Jayatsena king of Kāśi. The Nītivākyāmṛta (Dūtasamuddeśa) p. 171 states that Cāṇakya killed one of the Nandas through a *dūta* and that two other kings met death from presents of poisoned clothes and a jewelled box containing snake poison. The Yaśastilakacampū (III. pp. 431-432) sets out many instances of kings that met with death from the wrath or the machinations of their ministers, purohita &c.