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The study reveals that apart from providing the ruling elites with the new aspect of legitimacy, these major works also contain the new ideals of leadership, qualification, roles and duties of kings and nobles as well as relationships. The most interesting piece is, Rajadhiraja where the emphasis on the new Buddhist kingship growing out of a new political context is quite evident.
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