Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c10.15

c10.15

Politically, the Agni Purâṇa is one of the most important in the whole series. True, it classes politics among inferior sciences reserving the dignity of superior science to Brahmavidyâ alone. But it has much to say on government. It accepts the time-honoured theory of caste. It is the business of the king, that is, of the government to enforce the social order as well as actively to encourage honest pursuits and assist those who walk in the path of virtue. The king should erect and maintain divine temples and instal the sacred images therein. The life of a king ought to be one perpetual vow of ameliorating the condition of his subjects. So, the state is a culture-state, a moral association and the