{"product_id":"king-governance-and-law-in-ancient-india-paperback-1","title":"King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Olivelle\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKing, Governance, and Law in Ancient India \u003c\/em\u003epresents an English translation of Kautilya's \u003cem\u003eArthasastra (AS.) \u003c\/em\u003ealong with detailed endnotes. When it was discovered around 1905, the \u003cem\u003eAS.\u003c\/em\u003e was described as perhaps the most precious work in the whole range of Sanskrit literature, an assessment that still rings true. Patrick Olivelle's new translation of this significant text, the first in close to half a century, takes into account a number of important advances in our knowledge of the texts, inscriptions, and archeological and art historical remains from the period in Indian history to which the \u003cem\u003eAS.\u003c\/em\u003e belongs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eAS.\u003c\/em\u003e is what we would today call a scientific treatise. It codifies a body of knowledge handed down in expert traditions and is specifically interested in two things: first, how a king can expand his territory, keep enemies at bay, enhance his external power, and amass riches; second, how a king can best organize his state bureaucracy to consolidate his internal power, to suppress internal enemies, to expand the economy, to enhance his treasury through taxes, duties, and entrepreneurial activities, to keep law and order, and to settle disputes among his subjects. The \u003cem\u003eAS. \u003c\/em\u003estands alone: there is nothing like it before and there is nothing like it after.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Olivelle\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions at the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 784\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.2 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562094170208,"sku":"9780190644123","price":187.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/MzNHQVVTMjdmT2RsdjNCSnl2VkhhZz09.webp?v=1770339326","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/king-governance-and-law-in-ancient-india-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}