About the Book: Revisiting the Political Thought of Ancient India
Revisiting the Political Thought of Ancient India: Pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra
Tradition rediscovers the political ideas of the original and celebrated schools
of thought in ancient India—early Arthashastra and Pre-Kautilyan traditions.
This book throws light on hitherto not very well-known aspects of political
ideas in ancient India, which flourished during the 5th and 4th centuries before
Christ. Kautilyas Arthashastra is a major text on ancient Indian political
thought, wherein he cited views of a number of Arthashastra teachers who had
written on political science. Unfortunately, their writings are not available
today; only their views are found scattered in different