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Auteur(s) : Cāṇakya (03..-03.. av. J.-C.). Auteur du texte
Titre conventionnel : [Arthaśāstra (anglais)]
Titre(s) : King, governance, and law in ancient India [Texte imprimé] : Kautịlya's Arthaśāstra : a new annotated translation / by Patrick Olivelle
Traduction de : Arthaśāstra
Traduction de : अर्थशास्त्र
Publication : New York : Oxford university press, c2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXVII-753 p.) ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 702-714. Index
King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India presents an English translation of Kautilya's
Arthasastra (AS.) along with detailed endnotes. When it was discovered around 1905,
the AS. was described as perhaps the most precious work in the whole range of Sanskrit
literature, an assessment that still rings true. Patrick Olivelle's new translation
of this significant text, the first in close to half a century, takes into account
a number of important advances in our knowledge of the texts, inscriptions, and archeological
and art historical remains from the period in Indian history to which the AS. belongs.
The AS. is what we would today call a scientific treatise. It codifies a body of knowledge
handed down in expert traditions and is specifically interested in two things: first,
how a king can expand his territory, keep enemies at bay, enhance his external power,
and amass riches; second, how a king can best organize his state bureaucracy to consolidate
his internal power, to suppress internal enemies, to expand the economy, to enhance
his treasury through taxes, duties, and entrepreneurial activities, to keep law and
order, and to settle disputes among his subjects. The AS. stands alone: there is nothing
like it before and there is nothing like it after
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Olivelle, Patrick. Traducteur
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra
Sujet(s) : Science politique -- Inde
Droit hindou
État
Rois et souverains -- Statut juridique (droit hindou)
Rois et souverains -- Inde
Conditions sociales -- Inde
Politique et gouvernement -- Inde -- Jusqu'à 997
Genre ou forme : Ouvrages avant 1800
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-19-989182-5. - ISBN 0-19-989182-6 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43576117n
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FRBNF43576117
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