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050		0	_aJQ211 _b.S35 1989
100	1		_aScharfe, Hartmut.
245	1	4	_aThe state in Indian tradition / _cby Hartmut Scharfe.
260			_aLeiden, Netherlands ; _aNew York ; _aKöln, Germany ; _aKøbenhavn : _bE.J. Brill, _c1989.
300			_aix, 265 p. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aHandbuch der Orientalistik. Zweite Abteilung, Indien ; _v3. Bd., Geschichte, 2. Abschnitt
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [242]-249) and indexes.
505	0		_aI. Introduction : 1. The question of the Indian state - 2. The geopolitical setting - 3. Our sources -- II. The king and his court : 1. The royal family - 2. The king's charisma - 3. The king's potency - 4. The world ruler as ideal - 5. Legitimacy and succession - 6. Deposition -7. Security - 8. Royal titles - 9. The consecration of a king - 10. The divinity of kings - 11. Priests, ascetics, temples - 12. The purohita - 13. The queen -- III. State administration : 1. The Vedic period - 2. The pre-classical period - 3. The classical period - 4. State bureaucracy - 5. The secret services - 6. The cities -- IV. The armed forces : 1. Heroism as duty - 2. The field army ; a) elephants , b) chariots , c) cavalry , d) infantry - 3. Forts -- V. Policy : 1. Foreign affairs - 2. The goals of statesmanship ; a) Brahminical and Buddhists positions , b) The king as upholder of dharma -- VI. A synthetic view of the development of the state in India.
650		0	_aPolitical science _zIndia _xHistory.
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government.
830		0	_aHandbuch der Orientalistik. Zweite Abteilung, Indien ; _v3. Bd., Geschichte, 2. Abschnitt.
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