The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c10.14

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¹ For the Buddhist fanciful golden age, its degeneration and the consequent rise of the family, private property and state, see Agaṇṇa Suttanta, Dîgha Nikâya, Vol. III, Section 27; Mahâvastu ed. Senart, I, 347-48; Rockhill, ‘Life of the Buddha . . . derived from Tibetan works in the Bkah Hgyur and Bstan Hgyur,’ pp. 1--7. Cf. the Burmese Damathat, tr. Richardson, p. 7. Also Spence Hardy, Manual of Buddhism, p. 68. For Buddhist attitude towards caste, Dîgha Nikâya, III, 1, 15; III, 1, 24; Majjhima Nikâya, 90, Kaṇṇakathala Sutta 84; Madhura Sutta; Cullavagga, IX, 1, 4. Dhammapada, Ch. XXVI, tr. Max Müller, 90 - 96. Udânavarga, tr. Rockhill, Ch. XXXIII. Nidânakathâ, I, 49. Rhys Davids, Dialogues of the Buddha, 114-17, 119-22, 144-59. For general political theory, also Lalitavistara, particularly, 14-15, 103, 131, 136. Âryadeva, Catuḥśataka Śâstra (P L. Vaidya, Études sur Âryadeva et son Catuḥśataka, H. P. Śâstrî, Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. III, No. 8, pp. 449-514).