The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.53

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¹ In support of the fourth century B.C. as the date of the Arthaśāstra, see Shamasastry's Preface to his edition of the Arthaśāstra; Fleet's Introductory Note; T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī's Introduction to his edition of the Arthaśāstra; Jacobi, Ind Ant, June-July, 1918; K. P. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity I, Appendix C, pp. 203-215; N. N. Law, Calcutta Review, September-December, 1924; D R. Bhandarkar, Annals of the Bhandarkar Institute, VII, 1925-26, pp. 65 et seq.; Radha Kumud Mookerji's Introductory Essay on the Age and Authenticity of the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭalya in N. N. Law's Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity. See also H. C Ray, Ind. Ant, 1925, pp. 170, 201. L. D. Barnett in his "Indian Antiquities" does not commit himself but works on the basis of the same hypothesis. V.A. Smith (Early History of India, 3rd and 4th editions) and F. W. Thomas (Cambridge History of India, I) use the Arthaśāstra in connection with the Mauryas.