Ancient And Medieval Indian Thought : Themes And Traditions

The book will serve as a helpful reference for undergraduate and post-graduate students of PoliticalScience, Sociology, History and Social Work.This book can also be useful for UGC NET and Civil ServiceAspirantsIt aims to unravel the ideas and thoughts of ancient and medieval thinkers and various intellectualtraditions of the Indian sub-continent. The book departs from the conventional approach and carries acontext-driven conceptualization of major strands of pre-modern Indian thought. Further, it provides aroadmap to orient the students to the main themes and traditions of Indian socio-political thought.  Ancientand Medieval Indian Thought will help the reader to understand the basic concepts of Indian politicalthought and develop a critical understanding of the major themes and issues such as community, state,kingship, culture and religion as perceived by different thinkers.This multi-authored volume has been designed as a core and invaluable resource for the students,researchers and teachers of political science, sociology and history, and will also be useful for the scholarsof other sub-fields of social sciences