State and Government in Ancient India

Author: A S AltekarPublisher: Motilal BanarsidassYear: 2001Language: EnglishPages: 405ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120810090 DescriptionThis work by a well-known authority on Ancient India deals in a comprehensive manner with the ancient Hindu political ideas, theories and ideals and describes the different features and aspects of the ancient Indian administration in its numerous branches.It is based not merely on a study of the different Smriti books and Arthasastra works in Sanskrit, which give us the theoretical picture, but it also utilizes fully all the data bearing on the subject available in Vedic and classical literature, Buddhist and Jain works, ancient books on history and accounts of foreign travelers and history and accounts of foreign travelers and historians. Rich material supplier by inscriptions has been fully trapped and the discerning critic will not be unwilling to concede that no previous work on the subject attempts to give such a comprehensive synthesis of the diver