Political Thought in Ancient India : Emergence of the State Evolution of Kingship and Inter State

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Editorial: D K Printworld, 1993

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Contents: Preface. 1. The state (Rajya). 2. The king (Svamin). 3. The ministers (Amatyas). 4. The territory and the people (Janapada/Rastra). 5. The forts/capital (Durgas/Pura). 6. The treasury (Kosha). 7. The army ( Danda/Bala). 8. The allies and the inter-state relations (Mitra tatha Niti). Glossary. Index. "Ancient Indians were a highly organized polity, with a well-established worldview of the Rajya (the state). And also of its seven distinct organs : svamin (the king), amatyas (the ministers), janapada/rastra (the territory and the people), durgas/pura (the forts/ capital), kosha (the treasury), danda/bala (the army), and mitra tatha niti (the allies and inter-state relations). In their togetherness, these components of the state led political ideologues to advance the theory of Saptanga : the 'seven limbs'-each of which admitted varying emphases with ancient scholars, according to the changing political situations or their own predilections. "Besides traditional/semi-historical writings, the Saptanga theory of state finds recurring allusions in Kautilya's Arthasastra which, written sometime about the 4 century BC, remains the oldest surviving treatise of its kind on statecraft. Surprisingly, the Arthasastra itself, claims its author, is a compendium of the writings of as many as eighteen ancient teachers, like Manu, Brhaspati, Usana, Bharadvaja, Visalaksha, Prachetas, and Pisuna. "With bit-by-bit analysis of an astonishing mass of original, indigenous sources: Vedic, puranic, epical, Buddhist, Jaina, and even non-Indian, Professor G.P. Singh. 152 pp.…

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Título
Political Thought in Ancient India : Emergence of the State Evolution of Kingship and Inter State
Autor
G P Singh
Editorial
D K Printworld
Año de publicación
1993
Estado
As New
Encuadernación
Hardbound
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
8124600015
ISBN 13
9788124600016

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