02326cam a22003018i 4500 7710 7710 OSt 20250117155351.0 180607s2018 ii b 001 0 eng c 9789352807680 (print : hb) 9789352807697 (e-pub 2.0) 9789352807703 (e-book) eng AEF 320.0934 23 CHO Chousalkar, Ashok S., 1950- author. 984 Revisiting the political thought of ancient India : pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra tradition / Ashok S. Chousalkar. 1809 New Delhi : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2018. pages cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The royal priests and the black magic of the Atharva Veda -- The origin of state and early political speculation in ancient India -- The origin of Arthashastra tradition -- The Lokayata philosophy and the early Arthashastra tradition -- The Arthashastra teachers -- Political thought of early Arthastastra thinkers -- Vijayan Bala and Apaddharma -- Ethics and politics in the Arthashastra tradition -- Supremacy of politics. "Revisiting the Political Thought of Ancient India: Pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra Tradition rediscovers the political ideas of the original and celebrated schools of thought in ancient India--early Arthashastra and Pre-Kautilyan traditions. This book throws light on hitherto not very well-known aspects of political ideas in ancient India, which flourished during the 5th and 4th centuries before Christ. Kautilya's Arthashastra is a major text on ancient Indian political thought, wherein he cited views of a number of Arthashastra teachers who had written on political science. Unfortunately, their writings are not available today; only their views are found scattered in different texts. This book brings together these views to prepare a coherent account of their political ideas and reconstructs the pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra tradition with the help of available sources"-- Provided by publisher. Political Science India History. 1430 India Politics and government To 997. 987 ddc Book 0 0 ddc 0 0 AEF AEF 2019-08-20 6 596.25 1 2 4727 2019-11-25 2019-08-30 795.00 2019-08-20 BK