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Kamandaki’s influential The Essence of Politics redefined political thought in early medieval India. Its lessons range from the finer points of military strategy and economic policy to the moral qualities of effective rulers. The Sanskrit text, presented here in the Devanagari script, accompanies a new English prose translation.

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Knutson has done a huge favor to Sanskritists and interested amateurs alike. It will be to his credit that the Nītisāra will in future be studied alongside the Arthaśāstra as an important work on Old Indian politics, second only to Kauṭilya’s masterpiece. -- Harald Wiese * Indo-Iranian Journal *

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 05/01/2021
      ISBN13: 9780674975767, 978-0674975767
      ISBN10: 0674975766
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      Book Synopsis
      Kamandaki’s influential The Essence of Politics redefined political thought in early medieval India. Its lessons range from the finer points of military strategy and economic policy to the moral qualities of effective rulers. The Sanskrit text, presented here in the Devanagari script, accompanies a new English prose translation.

      Trade Review
      Knutson has done a huge favor to Sanskritists and interested amateurs alike. It will be to his credit that the Nītisāra will in future be studied alongside the Arthaśāstra as an important work on Old Indian politics, second only to Kauṭilya’s masterpiece. -- Harald Wiese * Indo-Iranian Journal *

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