ROLE OF KING IN ANCIENT INDIA
Monarchy in ancient India was sovereignty over a territory by a king who functioned as its protector, a role which involved both secular and religious power.
Maintenance of peace:
The primary role of the king was to solve disputes and maintain peace in the society. The Aiteraiya Brahmana mentions how the king was created for discharging the vital function of peace maintenance of the state.
Gods decided to create a king in the form of a man by taking specific qualities from different deities such as strength from Indra, victory from Vishnu, sacrifice from Vaisravana etc.
Kautilya in his Arthaśāstra talks about how the king was supposed to save his people by following dandniti, which was inflicting punishment on wrong doers and to also furnish his opportunities to live a moral life.
Danda was necessary to maintain dharma and the king followed this principle to maintain peace in his kingdom.
Protection:
His subjects trusted him to protect them from any kind of danger that they might face. The king, being a kṣatriya, also had the duty to protect his subjects against external threats from rival kingdoms. He also had to protect his subjects against each other. The weak and helpless …show more content…
The peace and prosperity created under the leadership of the Guptas, earned it the status of ‘Golden Age of India’ and was marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Hindu culture. It was divided into 26 provinces and their military used a lot of infantry. The Gupta empire also maintained a navy to control water ways and their coasts. They also had a high level of understanding of siege warfare, employing catapults and other sophisticated war
Monarchy in ancient India was sovereignty over a territory by a king who functioned as its protector, a role which involved both secular and religious power.
Maintenance of peace:
The primary role of the king was to solve disputes and maintain peace in the society. The Aiteraiya Brahmana mentions how the king was created for discharging the vital function of peace maintenance of the state.
Gods decided to create a king in the form of a man by taking specific qualities from different deities such as strength from Indra, victory from Vishnu, sacrifice from Vaisravana etc.
Kautilya in his Arthaśāstra talks about how the king was supposed to save his people by following dandniti, which was inflicting punishment on wrong doers and to also furnish his opportunities to live a moral life.
Danda was necessary to maintain dharma and the king followed this principle to maintain peace in his kingdom.
Protection:
His subjects trusted him to protect them from any kind of danger that they might face. The king, being a kṣatriya, also had the duty to protect his subjects against external threats from rival kingdoms. He also had to protect his subjects against each other. The weak and helpless …show more content…
The peace and prosperity created under the leadership of the Guptas, earned it the status of ‘Golden Age of India’ and was marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Hindu culture. It was divided into 26 provinces and their military used a lot of infantry. The Gupta empire also maintained a navy to control water ways and their coasts. They also had a high level of understanding of siege warfare, employing catapults and other sophisticated war