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# State and Government in Ancient India c25: Appendix I: Bibliography

State and Government in Ancient India c25

- **Language:** English

## Contents

- [c25.s1 Original Works in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s1) — 1 part
- [c25.s2 Modern Works on Ancient Indian Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2) — 27 parts
- [c25.s3 Journals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s3) — 2 parts
- [c25.s4 Other Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4) — 22 parts

### Appendix I: Bibliography

### Original Works in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali

### [c25.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s1.1)

| Rigveda | Kāmandakīya Nītisāra |  
| Yajurveda | Nītimayūkha by Nīlakaṇṭha |  
| Atharvaveda | Rājanītiprakāśa by Mitramiśra |  
| Kāṭhaka Saṁhitā | Rajanītiratnākara by Chaṇḍeśvara |  
| Tattirīya Saṁhitā | |  
| Aitareya Brāhmaṇa | Śukranīti |  
| Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa | Bārhaspatya Arthaśāstra |  
| Pañchaviṁśa Brāhmaṇa | Agnipurāṇa |  
| Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa | Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa |  
| Bṛihadāraṇyaka Upanishad | Dīghanikāya |  
| Apāstamba Dharmasūtra | Chullavagga |  
| Gautama Dharmasūtra | Divyāvadāna |  
| Vasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra | Jātakas |  
| Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra | Achāraṅgasūtra |  
| Vishṇu Dharmasūtra | Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa by Bhāsa |  
| Rāmāyaṇa | |  
| Mahābhārata | Mṛichchhakaṭika |  
| Manusmṛiti | Raghuvaṁśa |  
| Yājñavalkyasmṛiti | Mālavikāgnimitra |  
| Nāradasmṛiti | Pañchatantra |  
| Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra, edited by Dr. Shamshatri | Rājātaraṅgiṇī |  
| | Kathāsaritsāgara |  
| \*Amukhamālyada\* of Kṛishṇadevarāya | |

### Modern Works on Ancient Indian Polity

### [c25.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.1)

K. P. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, Calcutta, 1924.

### [c25.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.2)

J. J. Anjaria, The Nature and Grounds of Political Obligation in the Hindu State, Longmans Green & Co., 1935.

### [c25.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.3)

H. N. Sinha, Sovereignty in Ancient Indian Polity, London, 1938.

### [c25.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.4)

Beni Prasad, The Political Theory in Ancient India, Allahabad, 1927.

### [c25.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.5)

Beni Prasad, The State in Ancient India, Allahabad, 1928.

### [c25.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.6)

A. K. Sen, Studies in Ancient Indian Political Thought, Calcutta, 1926.

### [c25.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.7)

N. C. Vandyopadhyara, Development of Hindu Polity and Political Theories, Calcutta, 1927.

### [c25.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.8)

P. C. Basu, Indo Aryan Polity, Pioneer Press, Lucknow.

### [c25.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.9)

N. N. Law, Aspects of Ancient Indian Polity, Oxford, 1921.

### [c25.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.10)

” ” Studies in Ancient Indian Polity, Longmans Green. & Co.

### [c25.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.11)

” ” Law, Interstate Relations in Ancient India, (Calcutta). 1920.

### [c25.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.12)

Vishvanathan, International Law in Ancient India, Longmans Green & Co., 1925.

### [c25.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.13)

D. R. Bhandarkar, Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Polity, Banaras Hindu University, 1929.

### [c25.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.14)

T. V. Mahalingam, South Indian Polity, Madras, 1955.

### [c25.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.15)

V. R. R. Dikshitar, Hindu Administrative Institutions, Madras, 1929.

### [c25.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.16)

V. R. R. Dikshitar, Mauryan Polity, Madras, 1932.

### [c25.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.17)

R. C. Majumdar, Corporate Life in Ancient India, Calcutta, 1922.

### [c25.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.18)

R. K. Mookerji, Local Self-Government in Ancient India, Oxford, 1920.

### [c25.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.19)

A. S. Altekar, History of the Village Communities in Western India, Bombay, 1926.

### [c25.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.20)

U. N Ghosal, A History of Indian Political Theories, Calcutta, 1923.

### [c25.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.21)

U. N. Ghosal, Hindu Revenue System, Calcutta, 1923.

### [c25.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.22)

U. N. Ghosal, History of Public Life in Ancient India, Vol. I, Calcutta, 1944.

### [c25.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.23)

R. Pratapgiri, Problem of Indian Polity, Bombay, 1935.

### [c25.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.24)

K. V. Rangasvami Aiyanger, Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Polity, 2nd Edition, Madras, 1935.

### [c25.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.25)

P. V. Kane, History of Dharmaśāstra, Vol. III. Chap. I-X.

### [c25.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.26)

J. Mathai, Village Government in British India, London 1915.

### [c25.s2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s2.27)

Verma V. P., Studies in Hindu Political Thought and its Metaphysical Foundations, Motilal Banarasidass, Delhi 6, 1954.

### Journals

### [c25.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s3.1)

Epigraphia Indica.

### [c25.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s3.2)

Indian Antiquary.

### Other Works

### [c25.s4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.1)

Epigraphia Carnatica, Edited by Rice, Bangalore.

### [c25.s4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.2)

South Indian Inscriptions, 5 Vols, edited by Hultzsch.

### [c25.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.3)

South Indian Epigraphical Reports, published by Madras Government annually.

### [c25.s4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.4)

Fleet, Corpus Incriptionum Indicarum, Vol. III (Gupta Inscriptions), Calcutta, 1888.

### [c25.s4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.5)

Hultzsh, Corpus Inscriptionum, Indicarum, Vol. I, Aśoka Inscriptions, Oxford, 1925.

### [c25.s4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.6)

V. Rangacharya, Inscriptions from Madras Presidency, 3 Vols. Madras, 1919

### [c25.s4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.7)

Archeological Survey of India, Annual Reports.

### [c25.s4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.8)

M'crindle, Invasion of India by Alexander the Great, West Minister, 1896.

### [c25.s4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.9)

M'crindle, Ancient India as described by Megasthenese, Arrian etc., Calcutta, 1906.

### [c25.s4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.10)

Watters, On Yuan Chawang's Travells in India, London, 1904.

### [c25.s4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.11)

Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by her own Historians, Vols. I-III.

### [c25.s4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.12)

Rhys Davids, Dialogues of the Buddha.

### [c25.s4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.13)

A. S. Altekar, Rāshtrakūtas and Their Times, Poona, 1932.

### [c25.s4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.14)

A. S. Altekar, Education in Ancient India, Banaras, 1943.

### [c25.s4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.15)

A. S. Altekar, Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, Banaras, 1938.

### [c25.s4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.16)

A. S. Altekar, Village Communities in Western India, Bombay, 1927.

### [c25.s4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.17)

Fick, Social Organisation in North-Eastern India at the time of the Buddha, tr., by S. K. Maitra.

### [c25.s4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.18)

R. C. Majumdar, History of Bengal, Vol. I, Calcutta, 1943.

### [c25.s4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.19)

R. C. Majumder and A. S. Altekar, The Age of the Vākāṭakas and the Guptas, Lahore, 1946.

### [c25.s4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.20)

K. A. Nilkantha Sastri, Studies in Chola History and Administration, Madras, 1932.

### [c25.s4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.21)

R. N. Mehta, Pre-Buddhist India, Bombay, 1939.

### [c25.s4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c25.s4.22)

Macdonell and Keith, Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, 1912.

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