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Revisiting the Political Thought of Ancient India: Pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra Tradition

Revisiting the Political Thought of Ancient India: Pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra Tradition

Ashok S. Chousalkar
668 795 (16% off)
ISBN 13
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9789352807680
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2018
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.