[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927) › c6.129 # Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c6.129 Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c6.129 - **Language:** English ### [c6.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c6.129) Efficiency. The Government should always aim at efficiency. Energy is one of the prime requisites of the king. Everything can be acquired by exertion. Exertion is the foremost of all things.⁴ - [Previous: c6.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c6.128) - [Next: c6.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c6.130) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c6.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c6.129) · Pramāṇa