The History of the Arthasastra Sovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India

The History of the Arthasastra\n\nSovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India\n\nBy analyzing the Artha\u015B\u0101stra's early history, Mark McClish overturns prevailing beliefs that ancient India was governed by religion, not politics.\n\nMark McClish (Author)\n\n9781108476904, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 11 July 2019\n\n306 pages\n23.5 x 15.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.59 kg\n\n'[A] meticulous analysis of one of the most important texts of the period.' Timothy Lubin, JAOS\n\nThe Artha\u015B\u0101stra is the foundational text of Indic political thought and ancient India's most important treatise on statecraft and governance. It is traditionally believed that politics in ancient India was ruled by religion; that kings strove to fulfil their sacred duty; and that sovereignty was circumscribed by the sacred law of dharma. Mark McClish's systematic and thorough evaluation of the Artha\u015B\u0101stra's early history shows that these ideas only came to prominence in the statecraf]