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A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c15: Select Bibliography

A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c15

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Select Bibliography

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A.

A. Original works (with some standard English translations)

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Agnipurāṇa, ed. in *Anandasram Sanskrit Series*, Poona.

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Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, ed. and tr. M. Haug, 2 vols., Bombay, 1863; tr. A. B. Keith in *Harvard Oriental Series*.

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Āpastamba Dharmasūtra, ed. Bühler in *Bombay Sanskrit Series*, tr. Ibid in *S. B. E.* Vol. II.

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Āryadeva’s Chatuḥśatikā, ed. M. M. H. P. Sastri in *Bibliotheca Indica Series*.

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Atharvaveda, ed. Roth and Whitney, Berlin; tr. Whitney and Lanman in *H. O. S.*

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Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra, ed. Hultzsch, Leipzig; tr. Bühler in *S. B. E.* Vol. XIV.

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Brihadāraṇyaka and Chhāndogya Upaniṣads, ed. *Anandasram Sanskrit Series*; tr. Max Müller in *S. B. E.* Vols. I and XV.

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Brihaspati Smriti, ed. *Anandasram Sanskrit Series*; tr. Jolly in *S. B. E.* Vol. XXXIII.

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Brihaspati Sūtras, ed. and tr. F. W. Thomas in *Le Museon*, Brussels, 1916.

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Chāṇakya Sūtras, published as an appendix in Shamasastry’s *revised edition* of Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra.

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Dialogues of the Buddha, by T. W. Rhys Davids, London.

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Garuḍa Purāṇa, Bombay edition.

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Gautama's Dharmaśāstra, ed. Stenzler, London; tr. Bühler in *S. B. E.*, Vol. II.

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Hemachandra's Laghu Arhannīti, Ahmedabad.

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Hemādri's Chaturvargachintāmaṇi, *Bibliotheca Indica Series.*

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Kāmandaka's Nītisāra, ed. Gaṇapati Śāstri in *Trivandrum Sanskrit Series.*

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Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra, *revised edition* by R. Shamasastry, Mysore 1919; Eng. tr. of first edition of above, Bangalore, 1915.

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Mādhavāchārya's commentary on Parāśara Smriti, *Bib. Ind. Series.*

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Mahābhārata, (especially Book XII, Śāntiparvan), various editions. In the present work the Calcutta edition has been followed; Eng. tr. of above by P. C. Roy.

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Manu Smriti or Mānava Dharmaśāstra, various editions; tr. Bühler in *S. B. E.*, Vol. XXV.; commentary on above by Medhātithi, ed. (along with five other commentaries) by V. S. Mandlik.

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Matsya Purāṇa, ed. *Anandasram Sanskrit Series.*

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Mitramiśra's Rājanītiprakāśa, ed. *Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series.*

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Nārada Smriti, ed. Jolly, *Bib. Ind. Series*; tr. Jolly in *S. B. E.* Vol. XXXIII.

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Nīlakaṇṭha's Nītimayūkha, litho. ed., Benares, 1880.

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Rāmāyaṇa, various editions. In the present work the Calcutta edition is followed.

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Rigveda, ed. (with Sāyaṇa's commentary) Max Müller, London; tr. H. H. Wilson.

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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, ed. Weber, Berlin ; tr. Eggeling in *S. B. E.*, Vols. XII, XXIV, XXVI, XLI, XLIII. Somadeva’s Nītivākyāmritam, Gopal Narayen Press, Bombay. Śukranītisāra, ed. Gustav Oppert, Madras, 1882. Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, ed. Rajendra Lala Mitra, Vols. I-III, *Bibliotheca Indica Series*. Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ed. Weber, Berlin ; tr. A. B. Keith, in *H. O. S.* Vasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra, ed. Führer, Bombay 1883; tr. Bühler in *S. B. E.* Vol. XIV. Yājñavalkya Smriti, various editions; commentary on above by Aparārka, ed. *Anandasram Sanskrit Series*; Ibid by Vijñāneśvara, ed. Pansikar, Bombay, 1909.

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B.

B. Secondary Works

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AIYANGAR, K. V. RANGASWAMY *Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Polity*, Madras, 1916 [ Expositions of the category of seven limbs, the functions of the State, the general aspect of ancient Indian polity etc. ]

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BANERJEA, PRAMATHA NATH *Public Administration in Ancient India*, London, 1916. [ Critical notices of theories of the king’s origin, the doctrine of the king’s divinity etc. ]

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BHANDARKAR, D. R. *Carmichæl Lectures*, Calcutta, 1919. [ Lect. III deals with the early literature of Arthaśāstra, the doctrine of mātsyanyāya, the theories of the origin of monarchy, and the checks on the king's authority. Lect. IV describes the technical signification and the constitution of republics. ]

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HOPKINS, E. W. "Social and Military position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India as represented by the Sanskrit Epic " *Journal of the American Oriental Society*, 1889. [Descriptive].

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JAYSWAL, K. P. Arts. in *Calcutta Weekly Notes*, Vols. XV and XVI ; " Introduction to Hindu Polity" in *Modern Review*, Calcutta, May—September, 1913 ; " Republics in the Mahābhārata " *Journal of the Behar and Orissa Research Society*, 1915. [Original interpretations of technical terms like Arthaśāstra, Daṇḍanīti, Gaṇa and Prakriti, and expositions of theories of taxation, of kingship, and of republics].

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LAW, NARENDRA NATH *Aspects of Ancient Indian Polity*, Oxford, 1921. [Observations on the king's divinity, the origin of monarchy, republics etc].

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MAJUMDAR, RAMESH CHANDRA *Corporate Life in Ancient India*, Calcutta, 1919. [Explanation of gaṇa and exposition of theories of republics in the Buddhist canon and in the Mahābhārata].

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SARKAR, BENOY KUMAR *Positive Background of Hindu Sociology*, Book II Part I, Allahabad, 1921. [Chap. I interprets mainly in the light of Western political theories the concepts of Daṇḍanīti and Nītiśāstra, the category of seven limbs, the authority of the subjects over their sovereign, punishment, republics etc].

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*Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus*, Markert and Petters, Leipzig, 1922. [Part II deals from the point of view of comparative politics with some select categories and concepts, such as sovereignty, state of nature, property, punishment, and dharma]. This work was published after the first six chapters of the present volume were in type.

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