Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s5.53

c8.s5.53

¹ One of the most frequent discussions in which Hindu Political writers indulge, is devoted to measuring the loss which accrues to society by the distress or perversion of the various elements of sovereignty. Kautalya's teacher declared that a distressed or perverted monarch was the most serious of all misfortunes. Next came the perversions of the minister, the people at large, forts, finance, the army, and the ally. Bharadwâj, however, held that the perversion of the minister was the heaviest of all calamities.