Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.34

c8.34

The government must promote the true religion;² but in the face of the other-worldliness which religion inculcated, Kautalya undertook to maintain the dignity of family life. He took his courage in both hands and sought to reduce the heavy toll which asceticism has levied on the social energy of Indian manhood and womanhood.