Professor J.J. Anjaria presents a lucid overview of the role of the State in Hindu thought and its connection to the modern State. The starting point is Dharma, which in Hinduism furnishes the elegant conceptual framework to understand the universe and thereby also the nature of political obligation and the purpose of human activity. In particular Hindu thought sees the State and its rulers as subservient to Dharma. Prof. Anjaria argues that in modern times State ...
