The contrast with the great Hindu dynasties from the ancient times cannot be more pronounced. Barring a handful of exceptions, dynastic succession was generally smooth and vetted and accepted by everyone in accordance with the tenets of both Raja Dharma3 and Kshatriya Dharma. Hindu political philosophy lays great emphasis on the personal character and conduct of the ruler who was, most of all, anxious about the acceptance of his suzerainty by the majority of, if not the entire, citizenry. This in turn emerges from the same political philosophy which ordains that the king should always strive
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