Governance in Ancient India- From the Rgvedic Period to c. ad 650-Anup Chandra Pandey-DKPD-9788124601358
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| From the Vedas to
Sutra and Smriti texts, from the time honoured epics to the foreigners’
travelogues and literary classics — leave alone Kautilya’s far-famed
Arthashastra and other treatises of its genre, ancient Indian literature
carries myriad references, bearing out not just the principles, philosophy
and mechanisms of good governance, but the existence of a well-organised,
hierarchical civil service as well. Yet Dr. Pandey’s happens to be the first
ever research effort to consider governance/civil service in ancient India:
in all its different manifestations. Covering a vast time-span: from the
Vedic times to about the seventh century ad, Anup Pandey’s research explores
the evolution, nature, scope, functions, importance, and other kindered
aspects of the ancient Indian civil service — with meticulous description of
its varying contours during the reigns of the Mauryas, Indo-Greeks, Shakas,
Pahlavas, Kushanas, Imperial Guptas, and Harshavardhana. Also, the book tries
to unveil the ancient Indian polity’s perceptions/norms/modes of good,
ethical governance, largely on the basis of sacred works, like the Ramayana
and the Mahabharata. Together with inscriptional and numismatic evidence, the
author has marshalled an astonishing mass of literary sources to show, beside
a lot else, how an efficient civil service in ancient India was viewed as an
imperative for the vitality of the state; and why, therefore, high-ranking
functionaries/bureaucrats, entrusted with legislative, executive, financial
and the like offices, or with policing and military duties, were often
scrupulously chosen from among the polity’s best talent. Invaluable to the
scholars of anceint Indian history, political science and government. |
| Book |
| ISBN |
9788124601358
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| PUBLISHER |
DKPD |
| Binding |
HARDCOVER |
| Edition |
2000 |
| Language |
ENGLISH |
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