[21] Mr. Lowes Dickinson, an English Professor who has largely travelled in India, has practically admitted the truth of this remark. (P. 23, An Essay on the Civilisation of India, China, and Japan. See also pp. 27 and 28.)
[22] The Pioneer of Allahabad, a semi-official organ of the Anglo-Indians, has in a recent issue said that “The safety of the State is and must be of far greater importance than the rights of the individuals.”
[23] The Western Coast.
[24] Heavy wooden sticks.
[25] A straw mat.
[26] The italics are mine.
[27] “The Raja (i.e., the king) was not above the law.” See Wilson’s note on p. 203, vol. I of Mill’s British India.
[28] See Rhys David’s “Buddhist India.”
[29] See an account of Yudhishthira’s Rajsuya yajna in the Mahabharata.
[30] For an account of Chandra Gupta’s Government see Early History of India by Mr. Vincent Smith.