Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.t3.71
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.t3.71
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c4.t3.71
The foremost duty with which the king was enjoined by the ‘Law’ was the protection of the people. We see him frequently engaged in wars and frontier-rebellions.¹¹ There he is the leader of the host. The Commander-in-Chief was, of course, there. But in times of grave disturbance he yielded the command to the king.¹²