A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D.
Political ideas in Vedic, Buddhist, Jaina, dharmaśāstra, arthaśāstra, epic and nītiśāstra texts: kingship, origin of the state, daṇḍa, the king's duties.
- Language
- English
- Author
- U. N. Ghoshal
- Extent
- 862 passages, 82,559 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · 1st ed., Oxford University Press 1923; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by… · In copyright (U. N. Ghoshal †1969); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 4 parts
- c2 A History of Hindu Political Theories — 9 parts
- c3 Preface — 8 parts
- c4 Contents — 3 parts
- c5 Errata — 1 part
- c6 Introduction — 35 parts
- c7 Chapter I. The First Phase—From the Rigveda to the Upaniṣads — 93 parts
- c8 Chapter II. The Epoch of Growth and Development—The Dharmasūtras and the Early Literature of the Art of Government (Artha-Śāstra), C. 600—300 B. C.—The Buddhist Canon, C. 400—300 B.C. — 4 parts
- c9 Chapter III. The Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya and the Reconstruction of the Science — 93 parts
- c10 Chapter IV. The Mahābhārata and the Manusamhitā and the Synthesis of the Arthaśāstra and the Dharmasūtra Material (Circa 200 B.C.—200 A.D)—The Chatuḥśatikā of Āryadeva (Circa 200 B.C.—200 A.D.) — 137 parts
- c11 Chapter V. The Beginnings of Decline—The Essence of Polity (Nītisāra) of Kāmandaka, and the Purāṇas and Minor Law-Books (Smritis). Circa, 200-500 A.D. — 6 parts
- c12 Chapter VI. The Commentaries of Medhātithi, Vijñāneśvara, and Aparārka—The Jaina Nītivākyāmritam and Short (Laghu) Arhan-Nīti. Circa 900—1200 A. D. — 6 parts
- c13 Conclusion — 24 parts
- c14 Appendix: A Comparison of the Hindu and some Western theories of kingship — 16 parts
- c15 Select Bibliography — 3 parts
- c16 Index — 78 parts