The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c16.s2.t2.1

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The Hindu theory of sovereignty did not stop, however, at the doctrine of a universal *mâtsya-nyâya*, that is of a world in which each state is at war with all. It generated also the concept of universal peace through the establishment of a *Weltherrschaft* as in Dante’s *De Monarchia*.¹ The doctrine of *mandala* as a centrifugal force was counteracted by the centripetal tendencies of the doctrine of *sârva-bhauma* (the ruler over the whole earth). With this theory of the world-state and *Pax Sârvabhaumica* we shall conclude our present study.