tailieunhanh - Mahabharata, the Great Indian Epic: Economic & Political IdeasRatan Lal Basu

Ratan Lal Basu Copyright 2011 Ratan Lal Basu Smashwords Edition Smashwords Edition, License Notes Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, it remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at , where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support. Contents Section-I. Introduction Section-II. Divine Origin of the King Section-III. Virtues of the Ideal King Section-IV. Duties of the King Section-V | Mahabharata the Great Indian Epic Economic Political Ideas Ratan Lal Basu Copyright 2011 Ratan Lal Basu Smashwords Edition Smashwords Edition License Notes Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book it remains the copyrighted property of the author and may not be reproduced copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book please encourage your friends to download their own copy at where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support. Contents Section-I. Introduction Section-II. Divine Origin of the King Section-III. Virtues of the Ideal King Section-IV. Duties of the King Section-V. Recruitment of Government Officials Section-VI. Revenue Administration Section-VII. Caste System Division of Labor Notes References The Author Section-I. Introduction As regards the answer to the question which is the greatest literary creation in human history my unequivocal answer is the great Indian Epic Mahabharata composed according to ancient Indian texts by the great sage and scholar Vyasadeva. The epic touches upon all aspects of human life the complexities of human relations embracing all the conceivable strata of the society the multifarious dimensions of clashes and contradictions intricacies of the economic and political issues the objectives and modus operandi of a welfare oriented state ensuring growth equity and justice - in a nutshell the essence of human knowledge embedded in all the ancient Indian texts on religion laws statecraft economics and extra-mundane philosophy. In Santi Parva of the epic most of the knowledge on statecraft economics and moral philosophy are disseminated to the King Yudhisthira by their grand father Bhishma lying on deathbed of the arrows of Arjuna. He had to go through this ordeal as a punishment for a crime committed in the About the origin of the vast body of knowledge Bhishma states that in the Krita age2 people were