The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t3.1

c14.s9.t3.1

Vaiśampāyana's *Nītiprakāśikā*⁵ is a small treatise in eight chapters. But it is valuable because it appears to describe the conditions of the political world under which it was composed. The origin of this work may be traced to the very practical need of carrying certain internal reforms through as well as of preparing for war against some specified enemies. The "home" as well as the "foreign" situations have been described in no equivocal or vague and platitudinous manner. We feel that some practical things are in view. The author hastens from point to point in a very businesslike way.