The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c10.56

c10.56

In some localities or periods, the new king had to be accepted by the people. A wicked prince who is advised in vain by counsellors, Brâhmaṇas and citizens to mend his ways is at last thus threatened by the Bodhisatta, “the people of the kingdom, dreading what a prince so fierce and passionate may become when king, will not place you on the throne but uproot you . . . and drive you forth to exile” (I, 507).