Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c3.17
Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c3.17
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c3.17
Theory and Ideals of Hindu Polity, 76; Centralised Government impossible in ancient times, 76; Rural Republics, 77; Evidence of Metcalfe, 77; Evidence of Megasthenes, 78; *Dharma* and *Daṇḍa* as spiritual and temporal sovereign, 79; Sources of Law, 79; *Varṇāśrama-dharma*, 80; Duties of different Castes, 80, and of different *Āśramas*, 81; The King as *Daṇḍa*, 82; Custom, 83.