Political violence in ancient India / Upinder Singh.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2017Description: xvii, 598 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780674975279
- 303.60934 SIN 23
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303.4904 ABD 067 Ignited minds : | 303.6 ARC Warfare or welfare? : | 303.6012 SEN Identity and violence : | 303.60934 SIN Political violence in ancient India / | 303.60954 LAC Rival claims : | 303.60954 SUN Civil wars in South Asia : | 303.60954 TRO Troubled times : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundation -- Transition -- Maturity -- War -- The wilderness.
Political Violence in Ancient India argues that the idea of a nonviolent India is an artificial twentieth-century construct deeply influenced by Gandhi and Nehru. Ancient Indian history is marked by considerable violence of various kinds, as is the history of other parts of the world. However the issue of violence was debated in India with greater intensity than elsewhere. There was a recognition of the possibility of necessary force veering into violence, and of the strong tension between violence and nonviolence in the political sphere. This book looks at the evolution of the theory and practice of kingship and the attitudes towards political violence between c. 600 BCE and 600 CE by examining a vast array of texts, inscriptions, artistic representations, and numismatic and archaeological material. These include the ideas of Buddhism and Jainism; the emperor Ashoka; the Sanskrit epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata; the political treatise, the Arthashastra; and the poetry of Kalidasa. The book examines how the problem of the relationship between kingship and violence was addressed in general as well with reference to punishment, war and the forest.--
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