Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India 4th Edition 2018 by Ram Sharan Sharma
In 1951, when Political Thought and Administration in Ancient India was introduced as a special paper at the M.A. stage in History at the Patna University, the author began a more careful study of the subject and discovered that in spite of two dozen monographs on the subject there was scope for new lines of enquiry. The following ages, therefore, embody the results of that investigation and are intended to focus light only on those problems which are considered rather obscure or need to be studied de novo. About one half of this book has already been published in the form of articles. But for the purpose of the present work those essays have been retouched, edited and brought into some sort of relation with the additional material, both in form and substance. The chapters dealing exclusively with political ideas have been put at the beginning, and the others have been arranged in chronological order.
The 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 collectivises 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.
Arranged in 22 chapters the book discusses Historiography of Ancient Indian Polity up to 1930, Sources and Method, The Saptanga Theory of the State, Theories of Property, Family and Varna regarding the Origin of the State, The Contract Theory of the Origin of the State, Theory of
- Author:Ram Sharan Sharma
- Binding Type:Hard Bound
- ISBN:9788120808270
- Total Pages:493
- Publishing Year:2018
- Language:English
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