A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c7.2
A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c7.2
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The original social and political institutions of the Indo-Aryans—The doctrine of the king's divinity in the Vedic Saṁhitās and the Brāhmaṇas—Theory of the king's rule by virtue of his divine nature—Transformation of the Indo-Aryan tribal society into the political community—Theory of limitation of the king's and the priest's powers—Doctrine of the origin of divine kingship of Indra—Dogma of joint lordship of the Brāhmaṇas and the Kṣatriyas—Theories of the mutual relations of Brāhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas as well as of the 'purohita' and the king—The concept of Law (dharma) in the Upaniṣads.