The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.215
The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.215
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c14.215
About the time of Kauṭalya, the Buddhist author Āryadeva incidentally offered some political reflections in his Catuḥśatikā. But the only thing noteworthy there is his repudiation of the doctrine of reason of state. Morality or righteousness must everywhere be in supreme, in public as in private life.³ It is possible that some rulers tried to observe the precept.