History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.209

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From these examples one should not draw the facile and sweeping conclusion that in India the life of no king was safe. In the vast continent of India there were always numerous kingdoms at the same time. It is no wonder that in the course of several thousand years and over such vast territories, some kings met death by treachery and stratagem. This is not a phenomenon restricted to India. In a small country like England we have within two hundred years instances of the murder of the boy king Edward V and his brother prince Richard, of Lady Jane Grey nominated by Edward VI as his successor and the further fact that Cromwell during the last few months of his life was afraid of being assassinated. During about 150 years from 1789 out of 30 Presidents of the U. S. A. several such as Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley met death at the hands of assassins.