Contrary to the theory of otherworldliness of the Hindu, as propounded by some Western Orientalists, it has been amply proved by the recent researches in Indology that the civilization of the early Hindus was a well-balanced one and they were as much wordly as any other people. The present work has been written with a desire to show that in the realms of political thought, the Hindus were not at all backward. The author has dwelt upon the political thought, with ...