Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.t2.119
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.t2.119
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c4.t2.119
The Uparāja was considered as a “sub-king,” a vice-regent. He however did not necessarily act for the king during the latter’s absence. Once a king entrusts the kingdom to the care of his mother.¹ Another king who sets out on a long journey to discover his faults, hands over the charge of the realm to the ministers as a whole.² Sometimes he is seen acting as a mediator between the king and the ministers.³