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

English · Hardback

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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.

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