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A king will come under the power of as many people as he reveals a secret to, becoming powerless because of that act.
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― Arthashastra
― Arthashastra
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The wilderness was a paradisical place of exquisite natural beauty. It was an unpredictable place inhabited by fierce and belligerent tribes. It was an abode of ugly, frightening demons. It was a place of involuntary and unhappy exile from the world of power and pleasure. It was an ideal place for the release from the burden of worldly existence. In exploring the forest as a site of political conflict, killing, and violence, we have to understand all the other things that it was and was not. In
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― Political Violence in Ancient India
― Political Violence in Ancient India
