TY - BOOK AU - Sharma,S.K. TI - Taxation and revenue collection in ancient India: reflections on Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Arthasastra and Shukranitisar SN - 9781443894333 AV - HJ2931 U1 - 336.2/00934 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Mah�abh�arata KW - Manusmriti KW - Arthasastra KW - Shukranitisar KW - fast KW - Taxation KW - India KW - History KW - Finance, Public KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - This is the first book to study taxation and revenue collection through a detailed analysis of public finance and financial administration in four major Indian texts, namely Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Shukranitisar and Arthashastra, as philosophers trained in the Indian classic tradition and scholars working on ancient Indian wisdom mostly prefer a more abstract approach. India has a long tradition of at least two millennia of active philosophizing in the fields of logic, ethics, epistemology and metaphysics, though many in the West feel hesitant in according it the title "philosophy" in their s UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1236793 ER -