Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Institutions and Ideas in Ancient India Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Political Institutions and Ideas in Ancient India
Part of this reading list is printed in Devanagari, which the University's own PDF does not release as reliable text. Those entries are not set here; they are in the document above, as she printed them.
Module 1: Foundations of Indian Political Thought
- 1 Features and core ideas of Indian Political Thought
- 2 Sources of Indian Political Thought
Module 2: State and Governance in Ancient India
- 1 Indus Valley and Vedic Civilizations
- 2 Era of Mahajanpadas
Module 3: Thoughts and Theories
- 1 Kautilya- Saptang and Mandal theories
- 2 Dharma in Shantiparv and Ashoka’s Dhamma
Reference Books
- Altekar, A. (1949) – State and Government in Ancient India, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, Retrivable from State And Government in Ancient India : A.S Altekar : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Boesche R. (2003) – The First Great Political Realist: Kautilya and His Arthashastra, Lextington Books, Retrieval from -The First Great Political Realist: Kautilya and His Arthashastra : Roger Boesche : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Jayaswal, K (1924)- Hindu Polity:A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times, Butterworth and Co, Calcutta, Retrivable from Hindu polity : Jayaswal, K.P. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Sharma, R (1968) – Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi.
- Trautmann T.– Kautilya and the Arthasastra: A statistical investigation of the authorship and evolution of the text, E.J.Brill, Leiden, Downloadable from brill.com/downloadpdf/display/book/9789004642751/front-1.pdf Books in Marathi:
- Boesche, R. (2003). Kautilya’s Arthashastra on war and diplomacy in ancient India. The Journal of Military History, 67(1), 9–37. 12 Internal External,