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# Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic)

Political theory in dharmasūtras, epics, Arthaśāstra, Buddhist and Jaina texts, smṛtis, nītisāras and purāṇas: kingship, saptāṅga, daṇḍa, interstate relations.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [Beni Prasad](https://indike.org/pramana/person/prasad-b)
- **Extent:** 1,705 passages, 118,166 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Allahabad: Indian Press 1927; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Beni Prasad †1945); published before 1931: public…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c1) — 6 parts
- [c2 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c2) — 12 parts
- [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c3) — 5 parts
- [c4 Chapter I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c4) — 23 parts
- [c5 Chapter II. Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c5) — 30 parts
- [c6 Chapter III. The Epics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c6) — 182 parts
- [c7 Chapter IV. Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c7) — 74 parts
- [c8 Chapter V. The Arthaśāstras of Kautalya and Bṛihaspati](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c8) — 106 parts
- [c9 Chapter VI. The Dharma Sûtras, Dharma Sâstras and Commentators](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c9) — 42 parts
- [c10 Chapter VII. The Purāṇas and Upapurāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c10) — 80 parts
- [c11 Chapter VIII. Buddhist and Jaina Theories of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c11) — 56 parts
- [c12 Chapter IX](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c12) — 4 parts
- [c13 Chapter X. Classical Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c13) — 96 parts
- [c14 Chapter XI. Theory of the Government of Corporations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c14) — 11 parts
- [c15 Chapter XII. The Basic Principles of the Hindu Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c15) — 126 parts
- [c16 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c16) — 15 parts
- [c17 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c17) — 40 parts
- [c18 Corrigenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c18) — 6 parts

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