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Code of Manu

Not to turn back in battle, to protect the people, to honor the Brahmans [educated classes], is the best means for a king to secure happiness.

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Let the king prohibit gambling and betting in his kingdom, for these are vices that destroy the kingdoms of princes.

Code of Manu

Even an infant king must not be despised from an idea that he is a mere mortal; for he is a great deity in human form.

The early human idea that human rulers must somehow divine and/or designated and supported by the deity was present over many cultures and geographies.

Code of Manu

If a king did not, without tiring, inflict punishment on those deserving to be punished, the stronger would roast the weaker like fish on a spit.

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Punishment alone governs all created beings.

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The Manusmṛti (Sanskrit: मनुस्मृति), is an ancient legal text and constitution among the many Dharmaśāstras of Hinduism. It was one of the first Sanskrit texts to have been translated into English in 1776, by British philologist Sir William Jones, and was used to construct Hindu law to the advantage of British colonial government.

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