Indian Political Thought: Themes and Thinkers | Third Edition | By Pearson
by Himanshu Roy, M P. Singh
Conclusion
—Himanshu Roy
The idea of political, as contextualized in Indian historiography, is reflected in nebulous form in ninth and tenth mandalams (chapters) of Rig Veda.1 In Ramayana and Mahabharata, it subsequently developed and acquired elementary contours, reflecting in the discourse on the organs of state and of its ideal forms. However, unfortunately, their historicity lacks academic acceptance and is termed as mythology. The political, therefore, is accepted from Digh Nikaya2 and its study, the thought of administration, of state, and of its craft began from it in post-Buddha years. Ambedkar, in fact, argued that most of the mythological texts were written after Buddha which may be a possibility because, according to Gunakar Muley ...
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