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The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c15.158

The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c15.158

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c15.158

In his Raghuvamśa Kâlidâsa accepts universal dominion as the ideal, the summum bonum of royalty. It is with real poetic fervour that in the fourth canto he describes Raghu's campaigns which bring the whole of India and regions beyond, under his sovereignty. A horse-sacrifice is performed with all the religious solemnities, dazzling