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100			_aSharma, Ram Sharan
245			_aAspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India
260			_bMotilal Banarsidass Publishing House _c2018 _aDelhi
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520			_aThe present work Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient Indian discusses different views on the origin and nature of the state in ancient India. It also deals with stages and processes of state formation and examines the relevance of caste and kin-based collectivities to the construction of polity. The Vedic assemblies are studied in some detail, and developments in political organisation are presented in relation to their changing social and economic background. The book also shows how religion and rituals were brought in the service of the ruling class.
650			_aPolitical Ideas
650			_aAncient India
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