A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c15.s2: B. Secondary Works
A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c15.s2
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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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