You may remember The old vedic Cakrakartin governmental system from the ritual where the Queen simulates sex with a dead horse
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It's an off the cuff comment with no references.
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I was curious enough to track down other discussions of it. Think I found a full paper but can’t recall details.
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Was ~10 years ago, but think I recall author saying it’s not clear whether anyone actually ever performed the thing
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You follow the horse around for a year, and take by force all land it wanders over. Risky.
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I guess the point is that if you have the military power to do that, you qualify as cakravartin.
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