Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c11.s3.7

c11.s3.7

But the king is not to confine himself to the headquarters. He “must personally inspect every year the grāmas (villages), puras (cities) and deśas (districts and provinces), and must know which subjects have been pleased and which oppressed by the staff of officers, and deliberate upon the matters brought forward by the people."¹