Public Administration in Ancient India |
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according administration Agni Purana Aitareya Brahmana Alexander's Invasion Ancient India appointed army array Arthasāstra Aryan Aryas Asoka assembly Atharva-Veda battle Bodhāyana Brahmanas Brihaspati Buddhist Buddhist Records called castes century A.D. Ceylon Chanakya Chanakya says Chandragupta chariots chief clan classes conquered Council courts Dāsa described dharma duties Edict elephants enemy foreign forts Gautama give Harsha Harshavardhana Hindu Hiuen Tsiang Ibid important inscription judges justice Kautilya kinds King King's kingdom Kingship Kshatriya lands large number Magadha Mahābhārata Mahāvamsa Manu Manu says McCrindle Megasthenes ment mentions monarchs namely Nārada never Nītivākyāmrita Northern India officers opinion persons political possessed Prime Minister Prince Prof punishment Punjab Rāmāyana regarded religious revenue Rhys Davids Rig-Veda royal rule ruler Sacred Law Sanskrit Santi Parva Smriti sort subjects Sukraniti Superintendent taxes territory tribes Vasishtha Vedas Vide Arthasāstra VIII village Vishnu Yajnavalkya Yudhishthira
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Page 36 - To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what state all men are naturally in, and that is a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man.
Page 96 - Vajjian elders and hold it a point of duty to hearken to their words— so long may the Vajjians be expected not to decline but to...
Page 36 - The final cause, end, or design of men (who naturally love liberty, and dominion over others) in the introduction of that restraint upon themselves, in which we see them live in commonwealths, is the foresight of their own preservation, and of a more contented life thereby...
Page 36 - ... restraint upon themselves, in which we see them live in Commonwealths, is the foresight of their own preservation, and of a more contented life thereby; that is to say, of getting themselves out from that miserable condition of war which is necessarily consequent, as hath been shown, to the natural passions of men when there is no visible power to keep them in awe, and tie them by fear of punishment to the performance of their covenants, and observation of those laws of nature set down in the...
Page 71 - Taking (for that purpose) eternal particles of Indra, of the Wind, of Yama, of the Sun, of Fire, of Varuna, of the Moon, and of the Lord of wealth (Kubera).
Page 83 - Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils, — no, nor the human race, as I believe, — and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
Page 172 - The simplicity of their laws and their contracts is proved by the fact that they seldom go to law.
Page 253 - Some superintend the rivers, measure the land, as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which water is let out from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it.
Page 171 - Brahmawa) must be allowed by the king immunity from (the following) six (kinds of opprobrious treatment) : 13. (Ie) he must not be subjected to corporal punishment, he must not be imprisoned, he must not be fined, he must not be exiled, he must not be reviled, nor be excluded.
Page 129 - Just as it is impossible not to taste the honey or the poison that finds itself at the tip of the tongue, so it is impossible for a government servant not to eat up, at least, a bit of the king's revenue. Just as...