Cover; Sage History page; Halftitle page; Fulltitle page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Marketing page; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Royal Priests and the Black Magic of the Atharva Veda; 3 The Origin of State and Early Political Speculation in Ancient India; 4 The Origin of Arthashastra Tradition; 5 The Lokayata Philosophy and the Early Arthashastra Tradition; 6 The Arthashastra Teachers; 7 Political Thought of Early Arthashastra Thinkers; 8 Vijnyan Bala and Apaddharma; 9 Ethics and Politics in the Arthashastra Tradition; 10 Supremacy of Politics.
Annexure: Methodology of Kautilya's ArthashastraBibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary
Discusses the Political thought of early Arthashastra teachers who provided progressive alternative to the people in ancient India.
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