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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
(4) According to Kautilya, however, the Cakra-
vartī is just an emperor having political supre-
macy over whole of the Cakravartikşetra, 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.*
CAKRAVARTI-KŞETRA—See Cakravarti.
CATURANGA-BALA (1) The 'four-fold' army,
consisting of foot-soldiers (patti), car-warriors
(rathis), cavalry (aśvārohīs) and elephant riders
(gajarohis).5
(2) 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).
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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
(4) According to Kautilya, however, the Cakra-
vartī is just an emperor having political supre-
macy over whole of the Cakravartikşetra, 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.*
CAKRAVARTI-KŞETRA—See Cakravarti.
CATURANGA-BALA (1) The 'four-fold' army,
consisting of foot-soldiers (patti), car-warriors
(rathis), cavalry (aśvārohīs) and elephant riders
(gajarohis).5
(2) 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).
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN