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Political Concepts in Ancient India
nāsya cchidraṁ paraḥ paśyecchidreşu param anvi-
yāt guhet kurma ivāngāni rakṣed vivaram ātmanaḥ
(Śānti Parva, 83.49).
Apart from the Sānti Parva, there are also some
other places of the Mahabharata where we find
certain very important materials. For example,
Sabha Parva, Ch. 5 gives an idea of an ideal admi-
nistration. In Vana Parva (Ch.s 25, 32, 33 and
150) and also in the Sabha Parva (Ch. 32) we find
discussions on the royal policy to be followed in an
emergent situation. In a verse of the Maha-
bhārata itself it is rightly claimed that the great
epic may be called a Dharmaśāstra, a Kāmaśāstra
and an Arthasāstra (a science of Polity) as well.
Compare :
Arthaśāstram idam proktam dharmaśāstram idam
mahat
Kamaśāstram idam proktam vyāsenāmitabuddhinā
The Arthasastra of Kautilya
The Arthasastra is the greatest name in the
history of Indian political literature. It is the most
practical and most comprehensive treatise on state-
craft. This work is attributed to Kautilya, the
famous minister of Candragupta Maurya (4th
century B.C.). On the ground that "the text re-
fers to people and places (notably China) which do
not seem to have been known to the Indians in the
4th century B.C.", and because of certain other
internal evidences it is believed to be a later work of
8. Basham, The Wonder That was India, pp. 50, 79,
Digitized by
(Mahābhārata, I.2.384).
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Political Concepts in Ancient India
nāsya cchidraṁ paraḥ paśyecchidreşu param anvi-
yāt guhet kurma ivāngāni rakṣed vivaram ātmanaḥ
(Śānti Parva, 83.49).
Apart from the Sānti Parva, there are also some
other places of the Mahabharata where we find
certain very important materials. For example,
Sabha Parva, Ch. 5 gives an idea of an ideal admi-
nistration. In Vana Parva (Ch.s 25, 32, 33 and
150) and also in the Sabha Parva (Ch. 32) we find
discussions on the royal policy to be followed in an
emergent situation. In a verse of the Maha-
bhārata itself it is rightly claimed that the great
epic may be called a Dharmaśāstra, a Kāmaśāstra
and an Arthasāstra (a science of Polity) as well.
Compare :
Arthaśāstram idam proktam dharmaśāstram idam
mahat
Kamaśāstram idam proktam vyāsenāmitabuddhinā
The Arthasastra of Kautilya
The Arthasastra is the greatest name in the
history of Indian political literature. It is the most
practical and most comprehensive treatise on state-
craft. This work is attributed to Kautilya, the
famous minister of Candragupta Maurya (4th
century B.C.). On the ground that "the text re-
fers to people and places (notably China) which do
not seem to have been known to the Indians in the
4th century B.C.", and because of certain other
internal evidences it is believed to be a later work of
8. Basham, The Wonder That was India, pp. 50, 79,
Digitized by
(Mahābhārata, I.2.384).
Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN