The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c16.s1.55

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The Vâyu Purâṇa, one of the oldest like the Mârkaṇḍeya, traces the history of man from the golden age, through its gradual degeneration, to the terrible Kaliyuga. The social order, supposed to be based on hard psychological facts, utility and divine sanction, must be relentlessly enforced by the government.²

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