Dehradun, Jan. 16 -- Manifest as a civilisation, the Indian nation is averse to the act of killing. This is reflected strongly not only in its religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and particularly Jainism, even its social order was constructed in a manner that restricted the role of the warrior, giving power and prominence to spiritual power. The code of the warrior was extremely strict and the ancient texts are full of instances where shedding of innocent blood, even inadvertently, by kings often led to a lifetime of karmic suffering. These principles, consciously and inherently, have found their place in the Indian Constitution.
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