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Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthasastra of Kautilya)

1914

In the following pages an attempt will be made to summarize the arguments which may be advanced in support of the traditional and widely current view that the Arthcadstra of Kautilya is the work of Chanakya the Minister of Chandra Gupta and therefore belongs 'to the fourth century B. C. That Kautilya and Chanakya are names of the same person is well known to students of Sanskrit literature. [...] The two principal sources of that evidence are (1) the Nitisara of lifmandaka and (2) the Dagakumdracharita of DalAt both of which accept the genuineness of the Arthakistra as the production of Chikiakya. [...] This may be indicated as follows :- 1. Of the great officers of State some have charge of the market others of the city others of the soldiers." This corresponds to the S1111 of the Arthagstra under whom were such officers as vorww -crvivmm and the like who looked after commercial matters the writfrE or city magistrate charged with the municipal administration and policing of the city and [...] The area of its activity was quite extensive and included among other things the working of mines the opening of irrigation works the establishment of factories ; the maintenance of preserves and grazing grounds of highways of commerce waterways land-routes and other facilities for communication ; the establishment of markets and stores ; the construction of embankments dams and bridges ; [...] the establishment of Ayurvedic and pharmaceutical gardens) ; and lastly the State protection of the disabled the helpless and the infirm and also of the lower animals thus anticipating some of the tendencies of modern legislation.
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Pages
249
Published in
United States
SARF Document ID
sarf.144123
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Preface
i-xlvi Nagendra Law view
Chapter I. Preliminary. Mining. Irrigation. Meteorology
1-15 Nagendra Law view
Chapter II. The Department of Live Stock: Cattle and Pasture
16-33 Nagendra Law view
Chapter III. The Department of Live Stock (Continued): Game Forests and Horses
34-52 Nagendra Law view
Chapter IV. The Department of Live Stock (Continued): Game Forests and Horses
53-67 Nagendra Law view
Chapter V. Means of Communication
68-87 Nagendra Law view
Chapter VI. Minor Works of Public Utility
88-105 Nagendra Law view
Chapter VII. The Census
106-116 Nagendra Law view
Chapter VIII. The Courts of Justice
117-121 Nagendra Law view
Chapter IX. Legal Procedure
122-135 Nagendra Law view
Chapter X. The Law of Contract
136-196 Nagendra Law view
Index
197-203 Nagendra Law view

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