[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) › c8.s5.44 # Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s5.44 Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s5.44 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.44) It was noticed that a given state—call it A—tended to embroil itself with its adjacent neighbours, say, of the circle X. These, in their turn, were at daggers drawn with their adjacent neighbours, say, of the circle Y. It seems to follow that these last would be allies of the state A. - [Previous: c8.s5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.43) - [Next: c8.s5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.45) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.44) · Pramāṇa