Political violence in ancient India /
Singh, Upinder
Political violence in ancient India / Upinder Singh - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2017 - (598 p.)
Bibliogr. p. 555-584
Foundation -- Transition -- Maturity -- War -- The wilderness
Political Violence in Ancient India argues that the idea of a nonviolent India is an artificial twentieth-century construct deeply influenced by Gandhi and Nehru. Ancient Indian history is marked by considerable violence of various kinds, as is the history of other parts of the world. However the issue of violence was debated in India with greater intensity than elsewhere. There was a recognition of the possibility of necessary force veering into violence, and of the strong tension between violence and nonviolence in the political sphere...
978-0-674-97527-9
303.60934
Political violence in ancient India / Upinder Singh - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2017 - (598 p.)
Bibliogr. p. 555-584
Foundation -- Transition -- Maturity -- War -- The wilderness
Political Violence in Ancient India argues that the idea of a nonviolent India is an artificial twentieth-century construct deeply influenced by Gandhi and Nehru. Ancient Indian history is marked by considerable violence of various kinds, as is the history of other parts of the world. However the issue of violence was debated in India with greater intensity than elsewhere. There was a recognition of the possibility of necessary force veering into violence, and of the strong tension between violence and nonviolence in the political sphere...
978-0-674-97527-9
303.60934