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dc.date.accessioned2022-02-28T11:58:43Z-
dc.date.available2022-02-28T11:58:43Z-
dc.date.issued2020-10-03-
dc.identifier.citationDeodhar, S. Y. (2020). The Pre-Kautilyan Period: Crucible Of Proto Economic Ideas And Practices. IIM Ahmedabad.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/25465-
dc.description.abstractA number of studies have been conducted in the recent past throwing light on Kautilya’s contribution to economic policy. In his treatise Arthashastra, Kautilya informs that his contribution was based on received knowledge and gives credit to his predecessors. Unfortunately, the specialized works of the predecessors have been lost with the passage of time. I have attempted to scout and collate the economic notions that have appeared interspersed in the available Sanskrit treatises written prior to Arthashastra. Kautilya’s Arthashastra must have evolved from the crucible of such literature. In this context I discuss the four-fold classifications of purusharthas, ashramas, and varnas referenced in ancient texts and their attendant economic implications in the society then. I also cover the economic notions at the macro and institutional level which include policies of a welfare state, practical ideas about public goods, market facilitation, property rights, labour relations and unions, coinage, taxation, and budget deficit.en_US
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dc.publisherIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabaden_US
dc.subjectAncient Indian textsen_US
dc.subjectArthashastraen_US
dc.subjectRamayanaen_US
dc.subjectMahabharataen_US
dc.subjectEconomic Historyen_US
dc.subjectHistory of economic thoughten_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectKautilyaen_US
dc.subjectPolitical economyen_US
dc.subjectSanskriten_US
dc.subjectVedasen_US
dc.titleThe Pre-Kautilyan period: crucible of proto economic ideas and practicesen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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