An Introduction to the History of Government in India, Volume 1Students Own Agency, 1924 - Constitutional history |
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According administration Ancient India Arthsastra Aryan assembly Atharvaveda Bhishama Bk II ch Brah Brahmana Budhist caste cattle century B. C. Chanakya Chandragupta chief civilisation clans collector-general conquered council councillors court crown cultivators described duties election elective monarchy elephants empire epic Epic Age existence gold Greek Hindu History of India horses Indo-Aryan Indra institutions irrigation Kautilya kinds king king's kingdom kingship Kshatriya land Licchavis lord Magadha Mahabharta Manu Manu VIII manufacture Mauryas Megasthenes ment mentioned merchandise ministers monarchy Narad observes offence officers organisation period persons political Prasara priests protection punishment raja Ramayana religious revenue Rigveda royal rule ruler Sabha Samati Samgha Says Kautilya Says Manu slave Smritis spies subjects Sudra Sukra superintendent taxes thee tion toll treasury tribe Tritsus twice-born Vaisya Varna Vedas Vedic Index Vol Vedic literature villages witnesses writer Yajnavalkya Yudhishtra
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Page 138 - The fifth class supervises manufactured articles, which they sell by public notice. What is new is sold separately from what is old, and there is a fine for mixing the two together. "The sixth and last class consists of those who collect the tenths of the prices of the articles sold.
Page 137 - Indians which contribute to prevent the occurrence of famine among them ; for whereas among other nations it is usual, in the contests of war, to ravage the soil, and thus to reduce it to an uncultivated waste, among the Indians, on the contrary, by whom husbandmen are regarded as a class that is sacred and inviolable, the tillers of the soil, even when battle is raging in their neighbourhood, are undisturbed by any sense of danger...
Page 137 - 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 222 - The military guard the frontiers, or go out to punish the refractory. They also mount guard at night round the palace. The soldiers are levied according to the requirements of the service; they are promised certain payments and are publicly enrolled. The governors, ministers, magistrates, and officials have each a portion of land consigned to them for their personal support.
Page 138 - The third body consists of those who inquire when and how births and deaths occur, with the view not only of levying a tax, but also in order that births and deaths among both high and low may not escape the cognisance of Government.
Page 138 - Those who have charge of the city are divided into six bodies of five each. The members of the first look after everything relating to the industrial arts. Those of the second attend to the entertainment of foreigners. To these they assign lodgings, and they keep watch over their modes of life by means of those persons whom they give to them for assistants. They escort them on the way when they leave the country, or in the event of their dying, forward their property to their relatives. They take...
Page 283 - Of several remarkable customs existing among the Indians, there is one prescribed by their ancient philosophers which one may regard as truly admirable : for the law ordains that no one among them shall, under any circumstances, be a slave, but that, enjoying freedom, they shall respect the equal right to it which all possess : for those, they thought, who have learned neither to domineer over nor to cringe to others will attain the life best adapted for all vicissitudes of lot...
Page 129 - In the happiness of his subjects lies his happiness; in their welfare his welfare; whatever pleases himself he shall not consider as good, but whatever pleases his subjects he shall consider as good.
Page 222 - In this way the taxes on the people are light, and the personal service required of them is moderate. Each one keeps his own worldly goods in peace, and all till the ground for their subsistence. Those who cultivate the royal estates pay a sixth part of the produce as tribute.
Page 33 - The place is common, common the assembly, common the mind, so be their thought united. A common purpose do I lay before you, and worship with your general oblation. 4 0ne and the same be your resolve, and be your minds of one accord. United be the thoughts of all that all may happily agree.