 The king leaves his palace not only in time of war, but also for the purpose of judging causes. He then remains in court for the whole day, without allowing the business to be interrupted, even though the hour arrives when he must needs attend to his...  Chandragupta Maurya and His Times - Page 58by Radhakumud Mookerji - 1966 - 263 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Megasthenes - India - 1877 - 246 pages
...account of the Balhara king. 71 time to time, with a view to defeat plots against his life.§ The king leaves his palace not only in time of war, but also...hour arrives when he must needs attend to his person, — that is, when he is to be rubbed with cylinders of wood. He continues hearing cases while the friction,... | |
 | Megasthenes - India - 1877 - 246 pages
...account of the Balhara king. 71 »time to time, with a view to defeat plots against his Iife.§ The king leaves his palace not only in time of war, but also...hour arrives when he must needs attend to his person, — that is, when he is to be rubbed with cylinders of wood. He continues hearing cases while the friction,... | |
 | Megasthenes, John Watson McCrindle - India - 1877 - 246 pages
...was probably near Bakkar. 71 time to time, with a view to defeat plots against his life.§ The king leaves his palace not only in time of war, but also...for the whole day, without allowing the business to bo interrupted, even though the hour arrives when he must needs attend to his person, — that is,... | |
 | Vincent Arthur Smith - Buddhism - 1901 - 242 pages
...I have adopted Buhler's translation. 2 Compare Megasthenes' account of Chandragupta : — 'The king leaves his palace not only in time of war, but also...hour arrives when he must needs attend to his person, that is, when he is to be rubbed by cylinders of wood. He continues hearing cases while the friction,... | |
 | Laurence Austine Waddell - Patna (India) - 1903 - 118 pages
...obliged to change his couch from time to time with a view to defeat plots against his life.1 " The King leaves his palace not only in time of war, but also...causes. He then remains in court for the whole day. Another purpose for which he leaves his palace is to offer sacrifice ; a third is to go to the chase,... | |
 | Narendra Nath Law - Administrative law - 1921 - 258 pages
...ambassador Megasthenes: 'The sthenes. king may not sleep during the daytime.1 . . . He leaves his palace ... for the purpose of judging causes. He then remains...hour arrives when he must needs attend to his person — that is, when he is to be rubbed with the cylinders of wood. He continues hearing cases while the... | |
 | Chuni Lal Anand - Constitutional history - 1924 - 408 pages
...Vincent Smith's Early Hist, of India p. 407. go for hunting. For adjudication the king would remain "in court for the whole day without allowing the business...arrives when he must needs attend to his person."* For the chase the king ''departs in Bacchanalian fashion. Crowds of women surround him, and outside... | |
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