02730nam a2200373 i 4500 40348 BD-DhAAL 20230108162308.0 230108t2017 maua b 001 0 eng c 2017008399 9780674975279 MH/DLC eng MH rda DLC BD-DhAAL pcc a-ii--- 303.60934 23 Singh, Upinder, author. 53274 Political violence in ancient India / Upinder Singh. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2017 xvii, 598 pages ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-584) and index. Foundation -- Transition -- Maturity -- War -- The wilderness. Political Violence in Ancient India argues that the idea of a nonviolent India is an artificial twentieth-century construct deeply influenced by Gandhi and Nehru. Ancient Indian history is marked by considerable violence of various kinds, as is the history of other parts of the world. However the issue of violence was debated in India with greater intensity than elsewhere. There was a recognition of the possibility of necessary force veering into violence, and of the strong tension between violence and nonviolence in the political sphere. This book looks at the evolution of the theory and practice of kingship and the attitudes towards political violence between c. 600 BCE and 600 CE by examining a vast array of texts, inscriptions, artistic representations, and numismatic and archaeological material. These include the ideas of Buddhism and Jainism; the emperor Ashoka; the Sanskrit epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata; the political treatise, the Arthashastra; and the poetry of Kalidasa. The book examines how the problem of the relationship between kingship and violence was addressed in general as well with reference to punishment, war and the forest.-- Donated by Akbar Ali Khan 40348 Political violence India History. 40681 Violence Moral and ethical aspects India. 53275 Nonviolence Political aspects India History. 53276 Violence in popular culture India History. 53277 India History To 324 B.C. 53278 India History 324 B.C.-1000 A.D. 4180 India Politics and government To 997. Ayesha Abed Library Akbar Ali Khan Collection ddc BK 45416 45416 0 0 ddc 0 303_609340000000000_SIN 1 72824 BRACUL BRACUL AAKC 2023-01-08 Donated by Akbar Ali Khan 2000.00 0 303.60934 SIN 3010040348 2023-01-08 1 2000.00 0000-00-00 BK