The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.41
The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.41
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c14.41
Over all officials, judicial or executive or fiscal, as over the people at large, the king should keep a watch through spies. They are the eyes of the king. They are to ‘explore’ the behaviour of all.³