The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t10.1

c14.s9.t10.1

Rāmachandrapant never uses the category, *saptāmga* or the seven-limbed organism. But he virtually describes all the seven categories of the *nītiśāstras* in his own way. The author deals with the *svāmi* (king) and the *amātya* (minister) at some length. The topics of *koṣa* (treasure) and *rāṣtra* (territory) are discussed in connection with the commercial interests of the state. This subject has not however, been discussed, it should be observed, in an adequate manner. Public finance has virtually been neglected. The slight references to income and expenditure, salaries and gifts (pp. 19-20), *vrittis* or grants etc. and *inams* or estates (pp. 35-38) do not enable us to feel that the importance of the financial considerations has been grasped by the author.