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020			_a9780140446036
082			_a320.954 _bKAU
100			_aKautilya
245			_aArthashastra
260			_bPenguin Books India, _c2000 _aGurugram :
300			_aix, 819 p. ; _bill., map, _c22 cm
365			_b699.00 _cINR _d01
490			_aPenguin Classics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520			_aKing, 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.
650			_aHistory India
650			_aPolitical science
650			_aIndia Social conditions
650			_aIndia Politics and government To 997
650			_aEarly works to 1800
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_aSocial conditions
650			_aState, The
700			_aRangarajan, L. N. _etr.
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