Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c13.s1.15

c13.s1.15

A Jaina treasury of stories, the Kathākoṣa,² gives many tales of princes and princesses. *Inter alia*, it repeats the old conversation between Indra in disguise and King Nami. Its avowed purpose is to glorify spirituality, renunciation and asceticism but it also gives the usual rules of statecraft.