The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c22.s14: XIV. General Modern Works
The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c22.s14
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XIV. General Modern Works
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*The Cambridge History of India*. Vol. I (Ancient India), edited by E. J. Rapson. Cambridge, 1922.
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*Dutta, R. C.* History of Civilisation in Ancient India. London, 1893.
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*Smith, V. A.* The Early History of India. 4th Edition. Oxford, 1924. Edited by Edwardes.
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—— The Oxford History of India. Oxford, 1919.
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*Rapson, E. J.* Ancient India. Cambridge, 1914.
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*Barnett, L. D.* Antiquities of India. London, 1913.
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*Krishnaswami Aiyangar, S.* Ancient India. Madras, 1911. The work is devoted chiefly to the history of South India.
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*Duff, C. M.* The Chronology of India. Westminster, 1899.
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*Bhandarkar, R. G.* Early History of the Deccan. Second Edition. Bombay, 1895.
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—— A Peep into the Early History of India (322 B.C. to 500 A.D.). J.B.B.R.A.S. (Vol. XX, pp 356 408). Bombay, 1902.
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*Law, N. N.* Aspects of Ancient Indian Polity. Oxford, 1921. *Ghoshal, U.* A History of Hindu Political Theories. Oxford University Press, 1923. *Aiyangar, K. V. R.* Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Polity. Madras, 1916. *Banerji, P. N.* Public Administration in Ancient India. London, 1917. *Jayaswal, K. P.* Hindu Polity. Calcutta, 1924. *Majumdar, R. C.* Corporate Life in Ancient India. Calcutta, 1919. *Sarkar, B. K.* Positive Background of Hindu Sociology. Bk. II. Allâhâbâd, 1921. —————Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus. Leipzig, 1922. *Mookerji, R. K.* Local Government in Ancient India. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1919. *Fick, Richard.* Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha’s Time. Translated from the German by S. Maitra. Calcutta, 1920. *Max Müller, F. W.* History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature. 2nd Edition. London, 1860. *Weber, A.* History of Indian Literature. 2nd Edition. London, 1882. English Translation by J. Mann and Th. Zachariae. *Macdonell, A. A.* A History of Sanskrit Literature. London. *Keith, A. B.* Classical Sanskrit Literature. —————Sanskrit Drama. *Nariman, G. K.* Literary History of Sanskrit Buddhism from Winternitz, Sylvain Lévi, Hüber. Bombay, 1920. *Hopkins, E. W.* The Religions of India. Boston, 1895. —————India, Old and New. New York, 1901. *Beni Prasad.* Theory of Government in Ancient India (post-Vedic). Indian Press, Allâhâbâd, 1927. *Subrahmanya Aiyar, K. V.* Historical Sketches of Ancient Dekhan. Madras, 1917.
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the *Gesta Romanorum*, the *Legenda Aurea* of Jacobus de Voragine, and the *Speculum Historiale* of Vincent of Beauvais. These were the books that fed the imagination of the Middle Ages, and they were the books that the Church, in its wisdom, provided for the instruction and edification of the faithful.
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But the Church did not merely provide books; it also provided the means of their dissemination. The monastic scriptoria, where monks labored in silence to copy the sacred texts, were the precursors of the printing press. And when the press finally arrived, it was the Church that first harnessed its power, using it to spread the word of God to the corners of the earth. The Gutenberg Bible, the first major book printed in Europe, was a testament to the Church's commitment to the written word.
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Yet, even as the Church championed the spread of knowledge, it also sought to control it. The *Index Librorum Prohibitorum*, or List of Prohibited Books, was a tool used by the Church to suppress ideas it deemed dangerous or heretical. This tension between the desire to educate and the need to control would define the Church's relationship with literature for centuries to come.
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It is a complex history, one that is marked by both enlightenment and suppression. But it is a history that cannot be ignored, for it is the history of the very foundation of Western civilization. The Church, in its role as the guardian of knowledge, has shaped the way we think, the way we write, and the way we understand the world around us.