Political Thoughts in India (400 B.C. - 1980)

Contents: 1. Dighanikaya and Anguttaranikaya. 2. The Jataka stories. 3. Kautilya and his Arthasastra. 4. Manu : the law giver. 5. Vyasa’s Mahabharata – Shanti Parva. 6. Tiruvalluvar’s Tiru-k-kural. 7. Kamandaka’s Kamandakiya Nitisara. 8. Acharya Somadeva’s Yasastilaka. 9. Acharya Hem Chandra Suri’s Trisastisalakapurusacarita. 10. The ‘Sukraniti’. 11. Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi of Ziauddin Barni and Shams-i-Siraj Afif. 12. Abul Fazal’s Ain-i-Akbari. 13. M.K. Gandhi – as social reformer and political thinker. 14. Sri Aurobindo – his political and philosophical ideas. 15. Mohammad Iqbal – poet philosopher. 16. Views of C. Rajagopalachari. 17. B.R. Ambedkar – Messiah of Dalits. 18. Jayaprakash Narayan : Sarvodaya exponent. 19. Ram Manohar Lohia : doctrinal socialist. Appendices. Index.

"This book traces the origins and evolution of Indian political thinking from ancient times to the present, with relevant extracts from original texts. The volume displays the author’s catholicity of mind as well as his wide ranging interest and concerns about the Indian state and society." (jacket)