Secular and Pluralistic Elements in the Idea of State in Early India
Title | Secular and Pluralistic Elements in the Idea of State in Early India PDF eBook |
Author | Sibesh Chandra Bhattacharya |
Publisher | |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | India |
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Taxation and Revenue Collection in Ancient India
Title | Taxation and Revenue Collection in Ancient India PDF eBook |
Author | Sanjeev Kumar |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2016-05-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1443894338 |
This is the first book to study taxation and revenue collection through a detailed analysis of public finance and financial administration in four major Indian texts, namely Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Shukranitisar and Arthashastra, as philosophers trained in the Indian classic tradition and scholars working on ancient Indian wisdom mostly prefer a more abstract approach. India has a long tradition of at least two millennia of active philosophizing in the fields of logic, ethics, epistemology and metaphysics, though many in the West feel hesitant in according it the title “philosophy” in their sense of the word. Furthermore, few in India have taken it beyond philosophy towards active knowledge. This book re-visits and re-interprets the contexts of these texts with logic and objectivity to bring the pearls of knowledge found within into the present day, showing that Sanskrit is still the lingua franca of intellectual dialogue in India.
Exploring Agency in the Mahabharata
Title | Exploring Agency in the Mahabharata PDF eBook |
Author | Sibesh Chandra Bhattacharya |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 2018-03-19 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1351061402 |
The Mahabharata, one of the major epics of India, is a sourcebook complete by itself as well as an open text constantly under construction. This volume looks at transactions between its modern discourses and ancient vocabulary. Located amid conversations between these two conceptual worlds, the volume grapples with the epic’s problematisation of dharma or righteousness, and consequently, of the ideal person and the good life through a cluster of issues surrounding the concept of agency and action. Drawing on several interdisciplinary approaches, the essays reflect on a range of issues in the Mahabharata, including those of duty, motivation, freedom, selfhood, choice, autonomy, and justice, both in the context of philosophical debates and their ethical and political ramifications for contemporary times. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers engaged with philosophy, literature, religion, history, politics, culture, gender, South Asian studies, and Indology. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in South Asian epics and the Mahabharata.
Summerhill
Title | Summerhill PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Humanities |
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The Idea of India
Title | The Idea of India PDF eBook |
Author | Sunil Khilnani |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1999-06-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780374525910 |
"In his new introduction, Khilnani addresses these issues in the new perspectives afforded by events of the recent year in India and in the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences
Title | Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Humanities |
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The Indian National Bibliography
Title | The Indian National Bibliography PDF eBook |
Author | B. S. Kesavan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2003-07 |
Genre | India |
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