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Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India
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The present work Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient Indian discusses different views on the origin and nature of the state in ancient India.
Tapta-Marga
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Authors: Walter O. Kaelber
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In premodern Japan, legitimization of power and knowledge in various contexts was sanctioned by consecration rituals (kanjō) of Buddhist origin. This is the fi