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quest of the quarters is achieved not by force
but by righteousness. Cf Dharmavijaya. His domination over
the vassals assumes the form of the enforcement
of the five moral precepts binding upon the
Buddhist layman. See Ghoshal, A History of Indian Political Ideas, pp. 77-79
and pp. 267 f; Basham, The Wonder that was India, pp. 80
 
Political Concepts in Ancient India
 
quest of the quarters is achieved not by force
but by righteousness. His domination over
the vassals assumes the form of the enforcement
of the five moral precepts binding upon the
Buddhist layman.³
 
3f.
(4) According to Kautṭilya, however, the Cakra-

vartī is just an emperor having political supre-

macy over whole of the Cakravartikşṣetra, which

is defined as the territory extending north to

south from the Himalayas to the Southern sea

and stretching from east to west for a distance of

1,000 Yojanas.*
 
Kauṭilya's concept of a Cakravartī is derived from the
definition of this very term. des'ah pṛthiví, tasyāṁ himavat samudrāntaram udīcīnaṁ
yojanasahasraparimāṇaṁ tiryak cakravartikṣetram. (AS' IX. I).
 
CAKRAVARTIĪ-KŞṢETRA—See Cakravarti.
ī.
 
CATURANṄGA-BALA-- (1) The 'four-fold' army,

consisting of foot-soldiers (patti), car-warriors

(rathiīs), cavalry (aśvārohīs) and elephant riders

(gajarohis).5
 
The term is used to refer to all the four varieties of army
together. cf. des'am alpavarṣa-paṅkam maruprāyaṁ caturaṅgabalo
yāyāt.
(2Expedition should be made with all the four wings of army
in a desert area which gets very little mud even after rains) Also called caturanga-senā or caturanga-camu.
(3) Chariots ceased to be used at all about the
seventh century A.D. Yet the term Caturanga-
bala continued to be used in inscriptions and
 
1. Cf Dharmavijaya
 
2. See Ghoshal, A History of Indian Political Ideas, pp. 77-79
and pp. 267 f; Basham, The Wonder that was India, pp. 83f.
 
3. Kautilya's concept of a Cakravarti is derived from the
definition of this very term.
 
4. des'ah prthivi, tasyāṁ himavat samudrāntaram udicīnaṁ
yojanasahasraparimāṇam tiryak cakravartikşetram. .
(AS' IX. I).
 
5. The term is used to refer to all the four varieties of army
together. cf. des'am alpavarşa-pankam maruprāyaṁ caturangabalo
yāyāt.
 
(Expedition should be made with all the four wings of army
in a desert area which gets very little mud even after rains).
(AS' IX. 1).
 

(2) Also called caturaṅga-senā or caturaṅga-camū.
(3) Chariots ceased to be used at all about the
seventh century A.Di. Yet the term Caturaṅgitized a-
by
 
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ala continued to be used in inscriptions and