[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922) › c14.s3.2 # The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c14.s3.2 The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c14.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c14.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c14.s3.2) Neither merely pedagogic-ethical nor purely descriptive-anthropological are these political \*vidyâs\* of Sanskrit literature. As manuals of \*râja-dharma\* or duties for princes the \*nîti-śâstras\* have their natural analogues in Elyot's \*Boke named the Governour\* (1531), and in the works of John of Salisbury (twelfth century), Aquinas (thirteenth century), Occleve (fourteenth century), Patrizi (fifteenth century), and the like.³ For certain purposes, again, they may be slightly compared to treatises of the type of Fortescue's \*Governance of England\* (1476). Moreover, like the Arab encyclopaedist Al Farabi's (c 950) \*Model City\*, based as it was on Plato, and like the \*Prince\* and the \*Utopia\* the writings of Kautilya, Kâmandaka, Śukra and Bhoja are contributions to political "ideals" as well. - [Previous: c14.s2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c14.s2.33) - [Next: c14.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c14.s3.3) - [Up: c14.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c14.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c14.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1922.c14.s3.2) · Pramāṇa