ANCIENT INDIAN
              POLITICAL THOUGHT
                   MA [POLITICAL SCIENCE]
                      First Semester
                      I(POLS 701C)
                    [ENGLISH EDITION)
          Directorate of Distance Education
              TRIPURA UNIVERSITY
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                            SYLLABI-BOOK MAPPING TABLE
                                             Ancient Indian Political Thought
                              Syllabi                                                           Mapping  in  Book
              Unit-I
              A brief survey of the geo-political background; Impact of                Unit 1: Ancient Indian Political
              Vedic Values; Salient features of the ancient Indian Political                 Thought: An Introduction
              thought.                                                                                 (Pages: 3-55)
              Unit-II
              Political Philosophy; Ramayan, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita,                  Unit 2: Political Philosophy
              Vedanta.                                                                               (Pages: 57-72)
              Unit-III
              Codification of Laws—Manu-Smriti, Narada-Smriti,                            Unit 3: Codification of Laws
              Vishnu-Smriti, Sukra-niti.                                                             (Pages: 73-92)
              Unit-IV
              Theories about the origin of the king/kingship; Kautilya—                    Unit 4: Theories about the
              Theory of State, Rajmandala; Manu—Social Laws, Raj                                   Origin of Kingship
              dharma, Varnashrama, Statecraft; Benevolent Monarchism—                               (Pages: 93-157)
              Mauryas and Guptas; Thoughts on Local administration
              in India.