[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.s5.63 # Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s5.63 Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s5.63 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.63) disappeared. Behind it all lies an essentially low view of human nature. Almost at the beginning of creation, Manu had protested that the principal difficulty of government arose from human deceitfulness. Those who deemed man generally incapable of noble behaviour, prescribed force and fraud. Bharadwâj held that disaffected princes should be secretly punished. Vâtavyâdhi outraged decency and morality alike by counselling sensual indulgence as the sovereign remedy for keeping princes from sedition and revolt.¹ - [Previous: c8.s5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.62) - [Next: c8.s5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.64) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.s5.63) · Pramāṇa