It is a fascinating comparative study of Kautilya’s Arthasastra, a controversial work on the science of polity, composed between the fourth century B.C. and the third century A.D. The Arthasastra has already been studied from the angles of politics, economics and sociology. This interesting book deals with Kautilya’s views on morals in general and sexual morality in particular. Here is an effort to evaluate Kautilya’s concepts by comparison or contrast with ...
This valuable work, written by a noted Indologist Dr. Pratap Chandra Chunder, is broadly divided into two parts. In the first part the author has focused on Ancient India and the topics incorporated in the second part are particularly on Modern India. Collecting valuable materials from pre-historic and historic periods, Dr. Chunder made a comparative study of the ancient political systems of India and Iran. His comments on different Old Persian inscriptions are ...