Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c11.s1.15

c11.s1.15

About the third century A.D. Āryadeva incidentally offered some political reflections in his Chatuhśatikā. The king is the servant of the people and the revenue represents his wages. Righteousness is supreme. If it is forsaken by a king, the world goes to ruin. In all public affairs, military or diplomatic, the rules of morality must be observed. Āryadeva did not believe in the doctrine of Reason of State.²