Sutta Pitaka is a Buddhist book. There is a legend here. It says that man did not have a body that was full in shape. In the same way, the flora also had not developed completely. All the people lived in peace. They were happy and contented. They took only what they wanted from Nature. In short, it was an ideal society. But this state of things did not last long. Slowly it began to crack up: People became greedy, vengeful and deceitful.
This caused fights in the society. In this condition, people thought of electing an able person who could establish peace and drive away the mischief-makers. Since he was chosen by all the people, he was called Mahasamanthan.
This theory has many levels of meaning:
1. It shows that kingship is something made by man. It came from a social contract According to that the king agreed to serve people. In return for his services, people agreed to give him taxes.
2. It acknowledges the act that people have a role in creating economic and social relations among men and in institutionalizing them.
3. It shows that since people created the system, they also have a right to change it when feel like changing it.
