Book contents
- The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Ideas in Context
- The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Arthaśāstra Historiography
- Chapter 3 The Resegmentation of the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 4 Citation and Attribution
- Chapter 5 The Deep Structure of the Text
- Chapter 6 The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 7 The Politics of the Daṇḍanīti
- Chapter 8 Varṇadharma in the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 9 Statecraft, Law, and Religion in Ancient India
- Appendix I Other Theories of Composition
- Appendix II Chapter Colophons
- Appendix III End Verses at Variance with Preceding Prose
- Appendix IV Possible Integration between Prose and End Verses
- Appendix V Proposed Interpolations at the End of Chapters
- Appendix VI Possible Instances of Unattributed Citation
- Appendix VII Proposed Interpolations Depending on Citations
- Appendix VIII Other Proposed Interpolations
- Appendix IX Manu’s Seventh Chapter and the Daṇḍanīti
- Appendix X Brāhmaṇical Privileges
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
- Ideas in Context
Chapter 6 - The History of the Arthaśāstra
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2019
- The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Ideas in Context
- The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Arthaśāstra Historiography
- Chapter 3 The Resegmentation of the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 4 Citation and Attribution
- Chapter 5 The Deep Structure of the Text
- Chapter 6 The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 7 The Politics of the Daṇḍanīti
- Chapter 8 Varṇadharma in the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 9 Statecraft, Law, and Religion in Ancient India
- Appendix I Other Theories of Composition
- Appendix II Chapter Colophons
- Appendix III End Verses at Variance with Preceding Prose
- Appendix IV Possible Integration between Prose and End Verses
- Appendix V Proposed Interpolations at the End of Chapters
- Appendix VI Possible Instances of Unattributed Citation
- Appendix VII Proposed Interpolations Depending on Citations
- Appendix VIII Other Proposed Interpolations
- Appendix IX Manu’s Seventh Chapter and the Daṇḍanīti
- Appendix X Brāhmaṇical Privileges
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
- Ideas in Context
Summary
The stages of development identified in the text-critical chapters of this study are then put into chronological relationship with other texts of the period. This chapter presents an argument that the Arthaśāstra, which was probably originally called the Daṇḍanīti, was composed around the first century BCE and redacted by Kauṭilya around the third century CE. This allows us to trace the development of certain political concepts in the text, which is undertaken in the final three chapters.
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- The History of the ArthasastraSovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India, pp. 140 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019