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10.theorey of Kingship in Ancient and Medieval India
10.theorey of Kingship in Ancient and Medieval India
10.theorey of Kingship in Ancient and Medieval India
IN ANCIENT INDIA
BY:TARUN PRATAP
IN VEDIC TIMES
BUDDHIST LITERATURE
ARTHASHASTRA..
EPIC AGE
EPIC AGE
THEOREY OF KINGSHIP IN
MEDIEVAL INDIA.
BALBAN ADOPTED THE POLICY OF DIVINE RIGHTS OF KINGSHIP MEANS KINGSHIP CONFERRED
UPON THE GOD AND SO NO ONE CAN CLAIM SUPERIORITY OF SULTAN AS HIS WORD WAS THE
LAW WHICH MADE HIM NON-ACCOUNTABLE TO ANYONE.
THIS THEOREY MADE SULTAN A HOLY BEING i.e IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERYONE (ULEMA AND
SUBJECTS ALIKE) TO OBEY HIS COMMAND AS HE HAD THE GRACE OF GOD.
HAVING SUPRESSED THE REVOLTS IN BENGAL i.e OF TUGHRIL KHAN HE APPOINTED HIS SON
BUGHRA KHAN TO BE THE GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE WITH THE WARNING THAT IF HE
REVOLTED, HE COULD BE DEALT WITH THE SAME FATE AS TUGHRIL DID,SO HE BELIEVES IN THE
THEOREY OF KINGSHIP KNOWS NO KINSHIP.
BALBAN TRACED HIS DESCENT FROM THE MYTHICAL TURKISH HERO AFRASYAB AND
DISCRIMINATE BETWEENN THE HIGH BORN AND THE LOW BORN.THE INDIAN BORN MUSLIMS
WERE LOOKED DOWN IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICES AS MORE EMPHASIS WERE GIVEN ON THE
TURKISH NOBILITY.
HE APPOINTED A SPECIAL OFFICER WHICH WOULD BE LOOKING INTO THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND
OF A PERSON BEFORE APPOINTING HIM TO THE TO THE HIGHER POSTS OF NOBILITY,FAILING IN
WHICH HE DO SO,WOULD BE CHANGED.
BALBAN INSCRIBED ON HIS CURRENCY ZIL-I-ILLAHI ,viz THE SHADOW OF GOD ON EARTH.
HE ALSO STARTED SIZDA AND PABOS A METHOD OF HONOURING HIM BEFORE COMING TO THE
COURT,HENCE IMPOSES A STRICT CODE OF CONDUCT TO HIS NOBILITY.
AT THE SAME TIME HE WANTED HIS PEOPLE TO FEAR HIM,FOR THIS HE APPOINTED THE UGHLIEST
POSSIBLE GUARDS OF 6 FEET IN HEIGHT WITH NAKED SWORDS.THUS BALBAN LOVE TO BE
CRUEL TO HIS SUBJECTS AND THOUGHT THAT ONLY SUCH A POLICY CAN PREVENT ANY
REBELLION AGAINST HIM.