{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-arthasastra-9781108476904","title":"The History of the Arthasastra","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Arthaśāstra is the foundational text of Indic political thought. By analyzing its early history, Mark McClish overturns prevailing beliefs that ancient India was governed by religion and shows that this text originally espoused a political philosophy characterized by empiricism and pragmatism, ignoring the sacred mandate of dharma altogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction; 2. Arthaśāstra historiography; 3. The resegmentation of the Arthaśāstra; 4. Citation and attribution; 5. The deep structure of the text; 6. The history of the Arthaśāstra; 7. The politics of the Daṇḍanīti; 8. Varṇadharma in the Arthaśāstra; 9. Statecraft, law, and religion in ancient India; Appendices.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53186771616087,"sku":"9781108476904","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-history-of-the-arthasastra-9781108476904","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}