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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. c16.43

A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c16.43

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c16.43

Mahābhārata, rājadharma sections in, involve synthesis of canonical and Arthaśāstra ideas of politics, 160, 162-163 *n.*; embody a standard list of the king's duties, 161-162 *n.*; inculcate a middle or a mixed course of policy, 192-194; connection of Mahābhārata theories of the king's function and nature and of the duty of the subjects with Kāmandaka, 220; with the Purāṇas and later Smṛitis, 225-226. Also see under Rājadharma, Daṇḍanīti, King, Arthaśāstra, Morality.