Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c17.10

c17.10

Ganas, 66 and n., 174, 262, 309, 357. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, 270, 270 n. Gāndhāras, 25. Gaṇeśa, 260. Ganges, as object of worship, 116. Garuda Purāṇa, 173 n. Gautama, 157, 158, 159, 173, 211, 350; Guilds in, 309-11, 316; on caste rules and excommunications, etc., 332-34; on caste, state and law, etc., 160-63. Gautama Buddha. See Buddha. Gāyatrī, 32. Geldner, on guilds, 309. Gītā, Bhagavad, on bases of dharma, 353-54; on duty, 338-39. Goethe, on Śakuntalā, 278. Golden age, 5, 27, 153, 195, 205, 349. Government, activity of, in Yājñavalkya, 174-76; and material progress of the people, 45-46; and public opinion, 360; and society, 9; as leader and teacher, 351-52; as saviour of society, 349; basic principles of the Hindu theory of, Chap. XII; Buddhist and Jain theories of, Chap. VIII; form of, 357 et seq.; functions of, 35-36; importance of, in Mahābhārata, 30-31, in Rāmāyaṇa, 68-69; limitation of loyalty to, 44-45; local g., 49-50, in Manu, 78; necessity and functions of, 349 et seq.; origin of, in Mahābhārata, 27-28, 28-29; of the science of, 22; personal, 358; primary function of, 41-42; spirit of, 40-41; standard of, 64-65; theory of, checked by facts, 335-36; theory of the art of, 335; governmental organisation, 46-47; governmental theory, position and scope of, 22-23. See also King and State. Grāmādhipati, 189. Grāmaṇī, 50. Grand Vizier, compared to chief minister, 127. Greece, compared to India, 102; Greek idealism, 337; social organisation, 358. Grihya Sūtra, 157, 158. Grotius, on state of nature, 28. Guild, in Buddhist records, 312-13; in Dharmaśāstras, 315-17; in Epics, 312; in Gautama, 309-11; in Kauṭalya, 314-15; in later times, 319-20; internal organisation of, 317-18; rules of apprenticeship in craft-guilds, 319; social and other organisations, 331-34. See also Corporation.