Author: A S Altekar
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 405
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120810090
Description
This work by a well-known authority on Ancient India deals in a comprehensive manner with the ancient Hindu political ideas, theories and ideals and describes the different features and aspects of the ancient Indian administration in its numerous branches.
It is based not merely on a study of the different Smriti books and Arthasastra works in Sanskrit, which give us the theoretical picture, but it also utilizes fully all the data bearing on the subject available in Vedic and classical literature, Buddhist and Jain works, ancient books on history and accounts of foreign travelers and history and accounts of foreign travelers and historians. Rich material supplier by inscriptions has been fully trapped and the discerning critic will not be unwilling to concede that no previous work on the subject attempts to give such a comprehensive synthesis of the divergent data supplied by theoretical and literary work on the one hand and by inscriptions and purely historical records on the other.
The material has been arranged chronologically and also province-wise, whenever it was possible to do so. In each chapter, attempt has been made to trace the development of political theories and institution from age to age, though the material in some cases was not quite sufficient to do so.
Contents
Preface to different editions
Abbreviations
Scheme of Transliteration
CHAPTER I
Name, History and Sources of the Science of Policy
CHAPTER II
Origin and Types of the State
CHAPTER III
Nature, Aims and Functions of the State
CHAPTER IV
State and Citizen
CHAPTER V
Kingship
CHAPTER VI
Republics
CHAPTER VII
Central Assembly
CHAPTER VIII
Ministry
CHAPTER IX
Secretariat and Departments
CHAPTER X
Provincial, Divisional, District and Town Administration
CHAPTER XI
Village Administration
CHAPTER XII
Judicial Administration
CHAPTER XIII
Income and Expenditure
CHAPTER XIV
Inter-state Relations
CHAPTER XV
Historical Survey of Administration
PART I
CHAPTER XVI
Historical Survey of Administrations,
PART II
CHAPTER XVII
Estimate of Ancient Indian Polity
Appendix I : Bibliography
Appendix II : Chronological Table of Authors, Kings, Periods, etc.
Appendix III : Subject Index
Errata Addenda