The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.95
The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.95
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c20.95
The Cāṇakya Sūtras, as one of the versions of the composition wrongly ascribed to the author of the Arthaśāstra is called, is almost valueless. It stresses the importance of discipline on the part of the king but preaches passive obedience and servility to the ‘chief god’ as the king is called.¹ The work called Vṛddha Cāṇakya Rājanīti² is even more disappointing. It is concerned merely with ethics and worldly wisdom. It is a symptom of decline that Niti and Rājanīti had altered their meaning.