Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient IndiaThe present work Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient Indian discusses different views on the origin and nature of the state in ancient India. It also deals with stages and processes of state formation and examines the relevance of caste and kin-based collectivities to the construction of polity. The Vedic assemblies are studied in some detail, and developments in political organisation are presented in relation to their changing social and economic background. The book also shows how religion and rituals were brought in the service of the ruling class. |
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Sources and Method | 15 |
Buddhist and Jain texts 23 Coins and inscriptions | 25 |
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according administration Agni amatyas Ancient India appear army Arthaśāstra artisans Aśokan inscriptions assembly Atharva Veda brāhmaṇas brāhmaṇical Bṛhaspati Buddhist caste century A.D. chariots chief clan coins collected danda dharma Dharmasūtras Digha Nikaya divine early elements evidence feudatories functionaries functions gaṇa Ghoshal gods guilds Gupta period Hindu Hindu Polity Ibid idea important indicate Inscrr institutions janapada Jātakas Jayaswal Kautilya king kingship kinsmen kṣatriya Kuṣāņa later Vedic law-books Magadha Mahābhārata Manu Maruts Maurya Maurya empire Megasthenes mentioned military officers organisation Pāli pariṣad passage peasants political post-Maurya post-Vedic pre-Maurya priests Purāṇa Purāņas quoted R.S. Sharma rājā rājanya ratnins references religious revenue Ṛg Veda Ṛg Vedic rituals royal rule rulers sabhā sacrifice samiti Samudra Gupta Santi Parva Satapatha Brāhmaṇa Satavahana seems Smṛtis social society śūdras suggest taxes term territorial theory tion tribal tribe vaiśyas varņas Vedic period vidatha village viś