Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.t3.128

Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.t3.128

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c4.t3.128

WHILE OUT. While absent from the capital, the king handed over the charge of government to the ministers—whether as a whole or to particular individuals we have no clear proof.¹⁷ Royal seals (rājamuddikā) seem to have been in vogue apparently for purposes of sealing letters or parcels sent to state-officers.¹⁸

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Jātakatthavaṇṇanā — Pāli
Jātaka — Pāli