Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India

8vo, hardcover in dj, pp. xxxi + 454, Biblio., Index, Notes, Abbreviations, Size 23cm,The present work 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. Contents Preface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionAbbreviationsRoman equivalents of Nagari lettersIntroductionCHAPTER IHistoriography of Ancient Indian Polity up to 1930CHAPTER IISources and MethodCHAPTER IIIThe Saptanga Theory of the StateCHAPTER IVTheories of PropertyCHAPTER VThe Contract Theory of the Origin of the State : An Historical SurveyCHAPTER VITheory of "Oriental Despotism" : A Socio-Economic CritiqueCHAPTER VIIVidatha : The Earliest Folk-Assembly of the Indo-AryansCHAPTER VIIISabha and SamitiCHAPTER IXThe Vedic Gana and the Origin of the Post-Vedic RepublicsCHAPTER XThe Early parisadCHAPTER XIRatnahavimsi CeremonyCHAPTER XIITribal and Primitive Aspects of the Later Vedic PolityCHAPTER XIIIKin-conflicts and Rise of Hierarchy in Later Vedic TimesCHAPTER XIVFrom Gopati to Bhupati : Changing Position of the KingCHAPTER XVTaxation and State Formation in Northern India in Pre-Maurya TimesCHAPTER XVIVarna in Relation to Law and Politics (C.B.C. 600-A.D.500)CHAPTER XVIIReligion and Politics in the Arthasastra of KautilyaCHAPTER XVIIIThe Satavahana PolityCHAPTER XIXThe Kusana PolityCHAPTER XXKusana Elements in the Gupta PolityCHAPTER XXIThe Gupta PolityCHAPTER XXIIStages in Ancient Indian Polity : Vedic and Post-VedicCHAPTER XXIIIStages in Ancient Indian Polity : Maurya and LaterCHAPTER XXIVRecapitulation History/Early & Classic India

Edizione: third revised editiion