The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.81

c14.81

Yājñavalkya, too, expounds the usual policies of conciliation, diplomacy, fraud and force. When a country has been conquered, its customs, laws, and family usages must be maintained. On the other hand, a king should attack the enemy when the latter is weak and his realm is filled with corn and provisions. Nothing can be more meritorious than to acquire wealth by war and bestow it on Brāhmaṇas.⁴