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Arthashastra (Record no. 32130)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780140446036
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 320.954
Item number KAU
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kautilya
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Arthashastra
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Penguin Books India,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2000
Place of publication, distribution, etc Gurugram :
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix, 819 p. ;
Other physical details ill., map,
Dimensions 22 cm
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 699.00
Price type code INR
Unit of pricing 01
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Penguin Classics
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India presents an English translation of Kautilya's Arthasastra (AS.) along with detailed endnotes. When it was discovered around 1905, the AS. was described as perhaps the most precious work in the whole range of Sanskrit literature, an assessment that still rings true. Patrick Olivelle's new translation of this significant text, the first in close to half a century, takes into account a number of important advances in our knowledge of the texts, inscriptions, and archeological and art historical remains from the period in Indian history to which the AS. belongs. The AS. is what we would today call a scientific treatise. It codifies a body of knowledge handed down in expert traditions and is specifically interested in two things: first, how a king can expand his territory, keep enemies at bay, enhance his external power, and amass riches; second, how a king can best organize his state bureaucracy to consolidate his internal power, to suppress internal enemies, to expand the economy, to enhance his treasury through taxes, duties, and entrepreneurial activities, to keep law and order, and to settle disputes among his subjects. The AS. stands alone: there is nothing like it before and there is nothing like it after. When it was discovered around 1905, the Arthaśāstra (AŚ) was described as perhaps the most precious work in the whole range of Sanskrit literature, an assessment that still rings true. This translation of this significant text takes into account a number of important advances in our knowledge of the texts, inscriptions, and archeological and art historical remains from the period in Indian history to which the AŚ belongs.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element History India
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Political science
Topical term or geographic name as entry element India Social conditions
Topical term or geographic name as entry element India Politics and government To 997
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Early works to 1800
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Politics and government
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social conditions
Topical term or geographic name as entry element State, The
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rangarajan, L. N.
Relator term tr.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     DAU DAU 11/09/2023 699.00 3 320.954 KAU 034276 15/01/2025 13/01/2025 Books