Social and Cultural History of Ancient India

Contents: Preface. 1. Social life in Ancient India. 2. The Indian Social Organisation. 3. The social system and the state in Kautilya\'s Arthasastra. 4. Social life. 5. The family. 6. Caste. 7. The ideals of Indian womanhood. 8. The position of women in Ancient India. 9. The Ideology of the householder. 10. Public and private life. 11. Some Ancient Indian Tribes. 12. Social and political evolution in India. 13. Ideas of political thinking in Ancient India. 14. Foreign elements in Indian population.

"This volume has been designed to serve as a textbook for graduate, post-graduate and comparative examinations. The course contents of these examinations constitutes the bases of this work. It will also be useful for others as well.

A comparative understanding of the various aspects of Ancient Indian Society and culture in sure to identify our modern day problems and give us direction for a better present and much better future." (jacket)