Revisiting the political thought of ancient India : pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra tradition / Ashok S. Chousalkar.

By:

Chousalkar, Ashok S, 1950- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2018Description: 200 pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789352807680

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.0934 23

Contents:

The royal priests and the black magic of the Atharva Veda -- The origin of state and early political speculation in ancient India -- The origin of Arthashastra tradition -- The Lokayata philosophy and the early Arthashastra tradition -- The Arthashastra teachers -- Political thought of early Arthastastra thinkers -- Vijayan Bala and Apaddharma -- Ethics and politics in the Arthashastra tradition -- Supremacy of politics.

Summary: "Revisiting the Political Thought of Ancient India: Pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra Tradition rediscovers the political ideas of the original and celebrated schools of thought in ancient India--early Arthashastra and Pre-Kautilyan traditions. This book throws light on hitherto not very well-known aspects of political ideas in ancient India, which flourished during the 5th and 4th centuries before Christ. Kautilya's Arthashastra is a major text on ancient Indian political thought, wherein he cited views of a number of Arthashastra teachers who had written on political science. Unfortunately, their writings are not available today; only their views are found scattered in different texts. This book brings together these views to prepare a coherent account of their political ideas and reconstructs the pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra tradition with the help of available sources"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOK	Ashok Goel Library, Rishihood University General stacks	School of Psychology and Education	320.0934 CHO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		RU00003269

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Revisiting the Political Thought of Ancient India: Pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra Tradition rediscovers the political ideas of the original and celebrated schools of thought in ancient India--early Arthashastra and Pre-Kautilyan traditions. This book throws light on hitherto not very well-known aspects of political ideas in ancient India, which flourished during the 5th and 4th centuries before Christ. Kautilya's Arthashastra is a major text on ancient Indian political thought, wherein he cited views of a number of Arthashastra teachers who had written on political science. Unfortunately, their writings are not available today; only their views are found scattered in different texts. This book brings together these views to prepare a coherent account of their political ideas and reconstructs the pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra tradition with the help of available sources"-- Provided by publisher.

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