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susceptibilities. But the spirit of the Indian Government is not rendered insorutable thereby. Wo understand from it that it is a secular state with the aim of meting out even-handed justice to all.
(3) Let us consider the conduot of the ruling princes of India. At the time (Kala) when the Britishers were ruling India, these princes stuck to their treaty-rights and maintained the separate existence of their states. But when India became independent, they agreed to merge their stat98 into the Union. In the words of the Anekantavada, the Indian princes remained separate from the Indian dominion at a certain time ( Kala ) and they did not remain separate from it at a certain time ( Kala ). Here we get an instance of the fourth Bhanga, if we consider together the above two modes of conduct on the part of the Indian princes. The apparently contradictory characters of their conduct do not render the nature of the Indian princes insorutable in any way; from the application of the fourth mode of predication in the case of the princes, we form an idea of their love for freedom which is a real element in their character.
(4) Lastly, consider the stand taken by India, with respect to Kashmir. The Indian Union
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