Political Economy in Ancient India
Author : Bhagwan Sahai Mudgal
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Economics
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Author : Bhagwan Sahai Mudgal
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Economics
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Author : Ratan Lal Basu
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,4 MB
Release : 2023-01-22
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The Political Economy of Ancient India is an analytical study of the economic and political concepts embedded in three major ancient Indian texts, viz., the great epic Mahābhārata, Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya and the most important Dharmaśāstra viz., Manusmṛti. This volume is distributed over three parts with 10 chapters along with an Introduction to start with. Part-I, consisting of two chapters, deals with economic and political concepts respectively as scattered in the gigantic epic Mahābhārata, chapters 3 to 8 of part-II deal with economic, political and espionage concepts delineated in Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya, and chapters 9 and 10 of part-III deal with economic and political concepts respectively of Manusmṛti. In fact, there are many common aspects pertaining to economic and political concepts embedded in the three great ancient Indian texts. The likely reason, as highlighted in introduction of this volume, is that all these three texts derived their basic concepts pertaining to political economy from a common source that had originated through comprehensive research and studies of great post Vedic scholars. In this volume we have gone into the detail of the concepts pertaining to ancient Indian political economy as embedded in the three texts highlighting the common aspects and differences on account of the varying objective conditions at the time of composition of each text. This essence of ancient Indian political economy lies in the concept of trivarga (three basic objectives of mundane life), viz., dharma, artha and kāma. In fact, harmonious and sustainable development of human society with equity and social-economic-political justice can be ensured only if there is a perfect balance between the three basic objectives of mundane life, viz., dharma (ethics and noble human values), artha (means to fulfill earthly desires) and kāma (earthly desires). The imbalance in human civilization and all the consequent maladies like inequality, exploitation, poverty etc. arise because of imbalance between the three basic objectives, to be specific emphasis on artha and kāma keeping aside dharma. So, the essence of teachings of ancient Indian śāstras is that while pursuing the objectives pertaining to artha and kāma, we ought to restore dharma to its rightful place to bring about a world free from all its maladies. The present volume endeavours, in essence, to bring to the fore this salient feature of ancient Indian world outlook.
Author : B. S. Mudgal
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 31,1 MB
Release : 1960
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 2023
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ISBN : 9789392927140
Author : Nanjangud Subbarao Subba Rao
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Page : 126 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 1911
Category : India
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Author : Ajit K. Dasgupta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134925514
The history of Indian economic thought provides rich insights into both economic issues and the workings of the Indian mind. A History of Indian Economic Thought provides the first overview of economic thought in the sub-continent. Arguing that it would be inappropriate to rely on formal economic analyses it draws on a wide range of sources; epics, religious and moral texts for the early period and public speeches, addresses, and newspaper articles for controversies from the nineteenth century onwards. What emerges is a rich mosaic reflecting India's different cultures and civilizations. Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam all address economic issues and British colonial rule had a deep impact, both in propagating Western economic ideas and in provoking Indian theories of colonialism and underdevelopment. The author concludes with chapters on Ghandian economics and on Indian economic thought since Independence.
Author : Sangaralingam Ramesh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,69 MB
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ISBN : 3031670043
Author : Ghulam A. Nadri
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9004311556
In The Political Economy of Indigo in India, 1580-1930: A Global Perspective Ghulam A. Nadri explores the dynamics of the indigo industry and trade from a long-term perspective and examines the local and global forces that affected the potentialities of production in India and elsewhere and caused periods of boom and slump in the industry. Using the commodity chains conceptual framework he examines the stages in the trajectory of indigo from production to consumption. Nadri shows convincingly that the growth or decline in indigo production and trade in India was a part of the global processes of production, trade, and consumption and that indigo as a global commodity was embedded in the politics of empire and colonial expansion.
Author : Kumbakonam Viraraghava Rangaswami Aiyangar
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Page : 226 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 1934
Category : Economics
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Author : Raju J. Das
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004415564
In this book, Das deploys class theory to decipher India’s economic and political situation. It deals with the specificities of India’s capitalism and neoliberalism, and their economic consequences. It critically examines lower-class struggles led by the Left, and the fascistic politics of the Right.