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AccordingtothistheoryForeignrulersareclassifiedintofourgroups. Edits

Ari(Enemies),Mitra(Friends),Madhyama(Mediators)andUdasina(Neutrals).Inimical
andfriendlyrulersaredividedintointotwokindsnaturalandartificial.Accordingto
Kautilyathekingandhisimmediateneighboursarethenaturalenemiestoeachother.A
kingwhoattemptedtogivetroubletoanotherkingwithoutreasonablecausewasan
artificialenemyofthatking.Thebestkindoffriend,accordingtokautilya,whowas
constant,noble,straightforwardandwhosefriendshipisinheritedfromfatheror

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grandfather.Arulerwhosefriendshipwascourtedforthesakeofprotectionoflifeand
propertywastheartificialfriend.

Therulerwhoseterritorywassituatedclosetothatofakingandhiswickedenemyand
whowascapableofhelpingboththekingsorofresistingeitherofthem,accordingto
KautilyawasaMediatorandtherulerwhoseterritorywassituatedbetweentheterritories
oftworivalkingsandwhowaspowerfulenoughtohelporresisteitherofthemora
mediatingkingwasNeutral.ThedistinctionbetweenNeutralandMediatorsarenotvery
clearbutIthingthekingwhoremainedpassiveinregardtoboththepartiesareNeutral
whileMadhyamakingwastheonewhoexertedhisinfluencetobringreconciliation.

Theneighbouringkingbelongtoeitheroffourclasses,rearwardenemy(parshnigraha),
rearwardfriend(akaranda),allyofarearwardenemy(parshnigrahasana),allyofa
rearwardfriend(akarandasara).AccordingtoKautilya,apowerfulkingshouldalwaystry
tomakehimselfcenter(nabhi)ofthecircle(mandala).Dependingonthesituationthe
kingshouldadoptanyofthefollowingpolicies,namely,peace(sandhi),war(vigraha),
neutrality(asana),preparednessforwar(yana),alliance(samsraya)anddoubledealing
(dvaidhibhava).

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AccordingtoKautilyatherearefourwaysyoucanachievetheabovepolicies,namely,
conciliation(sama),makingofgift(dana),showingofdissension(bheda),punishment
(danda).youmustbeheardofthis.

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Itmaybequiteconfusingsoletstakeanotefromthistheory.

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