History of the Arthasastra - Sovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India

By analyzing the Arthaśāstra's early history, Mark McClish overturns prevailing beliefs that ancient India was governed by religion, not politics.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Arthä¿stra historiography; 3. The resegmentation of the Arthä¿stra; 4. Citation and attribution; 5. The deep structure of the text; 6. The history of the Arthä¿stra; 7. The politics of the Dä¿an¿ti; 8. Var¿adharma in the Arthä¿stra; 9. Statecraft, law, and religion in ancient India; Appendices.

About the author

Mark McClish is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University, Illinois. He has published a number of works on the Arthaśāstra and ancient Indian law, politics, and religion including the book The Arthaśāstra: Selections from the Classic Indian Work on Statecraft (with Patrick Olivelle, 2012) and numerous articles. He has received support from the Fulbright-Hays program and the Mellon Foundation.

Product details

• Authors: Mark McClish, Mark (Northwestern University Mcclish, McClish Mark
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108476904
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47690-4
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Ideas in Context; Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sanskrit, History of Ideas, English, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, India, Hinduism, Ancient History, Asian History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, BCE to c 500 CE, c 1 to c 500 CE, Ancient religions and Mythologies