[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927) › c8.16 # Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.16 Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.16 - **Language:** English ### [c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.16) The science of politics is clearly demarcated from all other branches of social science, but it is recognised that it stands in certain relations with them. From religion and ethics it derives the fundamental dogma that the happiness of the people in this world and in the next is to be promoted. From the same source it derives certain - [Previous: c8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.15) - [Next: c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.17) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8.16) · Pramāṇa