The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.84

Language: English

c20.84

The evidence of the inscriptions and of the Muslim writers of this period is supplemented by literature in several particulars. The close of the ancient age produced several Nītiśāstras—compositions which, in their method and treatment stand midway between the Arthaśāstras and Dharma Śāstras and represent a partial fusion of the two. According to the theory of the Garuḍa Purāṇa,³ the Nītiśāstras are concerned with ethics in general of which the Arthaśāstra forms

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Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit