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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[APRIL, 1910.
Or such kings as are possessed of enthusiasm and power may be told," seize the country of this king, our treaty of peace standing as before". Then spies should inform the particular king of the attempt of these kings and cause the destruction of the commissariat and of the followers of one of these kings. Other spies, pretending to be friends, should inform these kings of the necessity of destroying the particular king.
When an enemy's trave soldier, elephant, or horse dies, or is killed, or carried off by spies, other spies may tell the enery that the death is due to mutgal conflict among his followers. The man who is employed to commit such murders may be asked to repeat his work again on the condition of bis receiving the balance due to him. He should receive the amount from the recipient of salaries from two States ; when the king's party is thus divided, some may be won over to the side of the conqueror).
This explains the case of the commander-in-chief, the prince, and the officers of the army of the enemy ).
Likewise seeds of dissension may be sown among combined States. Thus the work of sowing the seeds of dissension.
Spies under concealment may, without the help of a fiery spy, murder by means of weapons, poison or other things a fortified enemy who is of mean character or who is under troubles; any one of hidden spies may do the work when it is found easy; or a fiery spy alone may do the work by means of weapons, poison, or fire ; for a fiery spy can do what others require all the necessary aids to do.
Thus the four forms of strategic means.
Of these means, that which comes first in the order of enumeration is, as stated in connection with " invaders ", easier than the rest. Conciliation is of single quality; gift is two-fold, since conciliation precedes it; dissension is threefold, since conciliation and gift precede it; and conciliatory coercion is fourfold, since conciliation, gift, and dissension precede it.
The same means are employed in the case of local enemies, too; the difference is this :- the chief messengers known to the manufactories may be sent to any one of the local enemies in order to employ him for the purpose of making a treaty or for the parpose of destroying another person. When he agrees to the proposal, the messengers should inform their master of their success. Then recipients of salaries from two States should inform the people or enemies concerned in the local enemy's work, -" This person (the local enemy) is your wicked king.” When & person has reason to fear or hate another, spies may augment dissension between them by telling one of them, " This man is making an agreement with your enemy, and will soon deceive you ; hence make peace with the king soon and attempt to put down this man." Or by bringing about friendship or marriage connection between persons who have not been hitherto connected, spies may separate them from others; or througb the aid of a neighbouring king, a wild chief, & scion of an enemy's family, or an imprisoned prioce, local enemies may be destroyed outside the kingdom ; or through the agency of a caravan or wild tribes, a local enemy may be killed along with his army; or persons, pretending to be the snpporters of a local enemy and who are of the same caste, may under favourable opportunities kill him; or spies under concealment may kill local enemies with fire, poison, and weapons.
When the country is full of local enemies, they may be got rid of by making them drink poisonous (liquids); an obstinate (clever) enemy may be destroyed by spies or by means of (poisoned) flesh given to him in good faith.nl
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