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. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Sources and Method | 15 |
The Saptanga Theory of the State | 31 |
A SocioEcono | 77 |
The Earliest FolkAssembly of the Indo | 87 |
Sabha and Samiti | 105 |
The Early Parişad | 133 |
Ratnahavimși Ceremony | 143 |
Taxation and State Formation in Northern India | 197 |
Varna in Relation to Law and Politics c B C | 233 |
Religion and Politics in the Arthaśāstra of Kautilya | 253 |
The Satavāhana Polity | 275 |
The Kuşāņa Polity | 291 |
Kuşāņa Elements in the Gupta Polity | 311 |
The Gupta Polity | 321 |
Vedic and Post | 349 |
Tribal and Primitive Aspects of the Later | 159 |
Kinconflicts and Rise of Hierarchy in Later | 171 |
Changing Position of | 185 |
Maurya and Later | 371 |
Recapitulation | 403 |
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according administration Agni amātyas Ancient India appear army Arthaśāstra of Kautilya artisans assembly Atharva Veda brāhmaņas brāhmaņical Bṛhaspati Buddhist caste century A.D. chariots chief clan coins collected danda dharma Dharmaśāstra Dharmasūtras divine early elements evidence feudatories functionaries functions gaņa Ghoshal gods guilds Gupta period Hindu Hindu Polity History Ibid idea important indicate Inscrr institutions janapada Jatakas Jayaswal Kautilya king kingship kinsmen kṣatriya Kuşāņa land grants later Vedic law-books Magadha Mahābhārata Manu Maurya Maurya empire Megasthenes mentioned military officers organisation Pāli parisad passage peasants political post-Maurya post-Vedic practice pre-Maurya priests Purāņa quoted R.S. Sharma rājā rājan rājanya ratnins references religious republics revenue Rg Veda Rg Vedic rituals royal rule rulers sabhā sacrifice samiti Samudra Gupta Santi Parva Satapatha Sātavāhana seems social society śūdras suggest taxes term territorial theory tion tribal tribe vaiśyas varņa Vedic period vidatha village