Kingship in Northern IndiaMotilal Banarsidass Publ., 1996 M12 31 - 160 pages The present work relates to the political organization in Northern India during the period from 600 A.D. to 1200 A.D. It describes, in detail, how several Kingdoms emerged and how their rulers claimed divinity, possessed absolute powers over their subjects. The author discusses the culminative effects of the separatist tendencies of the monarchs on Indian Polity which ultimately resulted in their weak resistance to the Muslim invaders from the North-West.The work is based on literary, epigraphic and foreign accounts. It is critical, informative and intelligible. The reader would find it interesting as well as instructive. |
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accepted according advised Agni Altekar Ancient India Apararka appears appointed army Arthaśāstra authority Bāņa belonging Bhoja brāhmaṇas Bṛhaspati Buddhist Calcutta caliph Calukya dharma Digha Nikaya divinity donations dynasty earth enemy envoys epigraphic example favourites foreign Ghoshal gift give gods Gujarat Harṣa held Hence Hindu History of India Hiuen-Tsiang implies Indra inscription Jaina Kalhaṇa Kām Kāma Kāmandaka Kanauj Kashmir Kautilya king king's kingdom Krtyakalpa kṣatriya Kulakara Lakṣmidhara lord Mahā Mahābhārata mandala Matsya Matsya Purāṇa means Medhātithi Medhätithi on Manu mediaeval Megasthenes ministers monarch Muslim Nārada origin of kingship owner ownership of land Pāla passage period political prakṛtis Pratiśruti prince Prof prosperity protection punishment Purāṇa quoted Rāja reference religious royal duties royal ownership rule rulers Smrti smṛtis Somadeva sources sovereign statement story subjects suggests Sukra Supra Sūtra Suvarnabhāsottama taxes thought throne vaiśya verse Vijigișu village word