[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I # Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I (Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I) Arthaśāstra administration: council, departments and superintendents, census, passports, mines, revenue, the age of the Arthaśāstra (Mookerji's introduction). - **Language:** English - **Authors:** [Narendra Nath Law](https://indike.org/pramana/person/law-nn), [Radhakumud Mookerji](https://indike.org/pramana/person/mookerji-r) - **Extent:** 909 passages, 44,750 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., London: Longmans, Green 1914 (introductory essay by R. Mookerji); no further volume appeared; scan… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Narendra Nath Law †1964; Radhakumud Mookerji †1963);… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c1) — 29 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c2) — 7 parts - [c3 An Introductory Essay on the Age and Authenticity of the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c3) — 91 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c4) — 1 part - [c5 Chapter I. Preliminary. Mining. Irrigation. Meteorology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c5) — 58 parts - [c6 Chapter II. The Department of Live Stock: Cattle and Pasture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c6) — 45 parts - [c7 Chapter III. The Department of Live Stock (Continued): Game, Forests and Horses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c7) — 5 parts - [c8 Chapter IV. The Department of Live Stock (Continued): Elephants](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c8) — 24 parts - [c9 Chapter V. Means of Communication](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c9) — 2 parts - [c10 Chapter VI. Minor Works of Public Utility](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c10) — 2 parts - [c11 Chapter VII. The Census](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c11) — 29 parts - [c12 Chapter VIII. The Courts of Justice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c12) — 20 parts - [c13 Chapter IX. Legal Procedure](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c13) — 47 parts - [c14 Chapter X. The Law of Contract](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c14) — 4 parts - [c15 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c15) — 44 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914) · Pramāṇa