Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c17.1

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Abul Fazl, on Hindu Rājanīti, 156. Āchāra, meaning of, 169. Āchārya, his place in court, 254. Adhyaksha, 262. See also officer. Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa, 298-99. Ādi Purāṇa (Jaina), 221 et seq.; cycle of ages, 221-22; origin of society, 222-24; political theory in 226-27, 228; theory of caste in, 223, 225-26. Aditya, 16, 31. Age, cycle of ages according to Jainas, 221-22; dark age, 36. See also Yuga. Agni, 15, 16, 31, 60, 247. Agni Purāṇa, 187-93, 352. Agnihotra, 32. Ahimsā, 227. Ahura, 12 n. Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, 14 n., 15, 15 n., 371. See also Brāhmaṇa (scripture). Akṣaramlechchha, 226. Alberūnī, 244 n., 264 n., 336, 355. Amara Simha, 149 n. Amātya, as element of state, 147. Amazons, 123. Ambassadors, 61, 366-67; classes of, in Agni Purāṇa, 192-93, in Manu, 77, 77 n., in Somadeva, 236. Ambrosiaster, political ideas of, 345. Amitagatisūri, and his works, 294. Amuktamālyavāda, 303 et seq. Ānanda, 321. Aṅgas, 163, 173, 310. Āṅgiras, 173. Ānvīkṣakī, 93, 94 n. Āpaddharma, 55, 61. Aparārka, 183. Āpastamba, 157, 158, 165-66, 173, 311. Aquinas, political ideas of, 356. Arbudi, 18.