The present work by a well-known authority on Ancient India deals in a
comprehensive manner with the ancient Hindu political ideas, theories and ideals
and describes the different features and aspects of the ancient Indian
administration in its numerous branches. It is based not merely on a study of
the different Smrti books and Arthasastra works in Sanskrit, which give us the
theoretical picture, but it also utilizes fully all the data bearing on the
subject available in Vedic and classical literature. Buddhist and Jain works,
ancient books on history and accounts of foreign travelers and historians. Rich
material supplied by inscriptions has been fully tapped and