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Political Concepts in Ancient India
prepared as a Ph.D. dissertation, and hence,
the technical terms had to be culled from a literature
extending only up to the 7th century A.D., at the
instance of the Ph.D. Committee. Hence, a techni-
cal term, when it occurs only in a late work like the
Śukranīti, is usually not included in the present
Glossary, unless it is anticipated by a term found
in a work that falls within our time-limit. Sometimes,
however, even a later work or later epigraphical
record is cited only to show the continuation of the
use of the term from earlier times. It should be
candidly expressed here that it is difficult to draw
a clear line of demarcation between the ordinary
dictionary words and the technical terms. Yet
we have taken as much care as possible to sort out
only such terms which are "abstruse, obsolete, un-
usual, technical and dialectical." Though judicial
administration forms a part of the King's duty,
yet we feel that the legal terms have an identity of
their own. Hence, we have included only a limited
number of terms pertaining to the judicial aspect of
ancient Indian politics. The ancient Indian legal
terms, themselves may form an independent Glos-
sary. The treatment of military organisation and
the art of war is so elaborate that we can afford to
include the terms relating only to the major cate-
gories without going into the hair-splitting details.
We feel that there may be an independent full
length Glossary also of the ancient Indian military
terms. It is, however, regretted that in the present
work, it could not be found convenient to include
the terms found in the south Indian literature.
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prepared as a Ph.D. dissertation, and hence,
the technical terms had to be culled from a literature
extending only up to the 7th century A.D., at the
instance of the Ph.D. Committee. Hence, a techni-
cal term, when it occurs only in a late work like the
Śukranīti, is usually not included in the present
Glossary, unless it is anticipated by a term found
in a work that falls within our time-limit. Sometimes,
however, even a later work or later epigraphical
record is cited only to show the continuation of the
use of the term from earlier times. It should be
candidly expressed here that it is difficult to draw
a clear line of demarcation between the ordinary
dictionary words and the technical terms. Yet
we have taken as much care as possible to sort out
only such terms which are "abstruse, obsolete, un-
usual, technical and dialectical." Though judicial
administration forms a part of the King's duty,
yet we feel that the legal terms have an identity of
their own. Hence, we have included only a limited
number of terms pertaining to the judicial aspect of
ancient Indian politics. The ancient Indian legal
terms, themselves may form an independent Glos-
sary. The treatment of military organisation and
the art of war is so elaborate that we can afford to
include the terms relating only to the major cate-
gories without going into the hair-splitting details.
We feel that there may be an independent full
length Glossary also of the ancient Indian military
terms. It is, however, regretted that in the present
work, it could not be found convenient to include
the terms found in the south Indian literature.
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN