Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions

Essays

Lighting Lamps versus Violent Punishment: A Slice of Hindu Jurisprudence

Lighting Lamps versus Violent Punishment: A Slice of Hindu Jurisprudence

Hindu jurisprudence prescribed atonement for criminals over violent punishment

Bureaucracy as Dharma: Glimpses from Ancient India

Bureaucracy as Dharma: Glimpses from Ancient India

In its most profound conception and in enlightened practice, Dharma was the foundation of bureaucracy in Ancient India

Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions: Saletore’s Magnum Opus on Sanatana Politics and Statecraft

Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions: Saletore’s Magnum Opus on Sanatana Politics and Statecraft

B.A. Saletore's masterpiece "Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions," remains a classic in the field. It has sadly been cast into oblivion.

B.A. Saletore as a Pioneer of Writing Indian History from an Indian Perspective

B.A. Saletore as a Pioneer of Writing Indian History from an Indian Perspective

B.A. Saletore belongs to that rarefied class of Indian history scholars who severed the slavish practice of looking at Indian history through European eyes.