History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.314
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.314
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v4.c62.314
To constitute a rāṣṭra a territory of some size and a large population are required. There can hardly be a rāṣṭra of a few villages or a few hundred inhabitants. The boundaries of the numerous countries mentioned in the works cited above must have been fluid and must have changed from country to country owing to conquests.