Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c6.10

c6.10

Viṣṇu first composed a stupendous treatise on life and government and then instituted a king, that is, the government or state.² Historically or philosophically, the idea that the theory of government was prior to the institution of government cannot be sustained but it shows how clearly Hindu thinkers realised the need of law and regulation as the foundation of human society.