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Author Sharma, S. K. (Sanjeev Kumar), author.

Title Taxation and revenue collection in ancient India : reflections on Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Arthasastra and Shukranitisar / by Sanjeev Kumar Sharma
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016

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Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 19, 2016)
SUBJECT Mahābhārata. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79061233
Manusmriti
Arthasastra
Shukranitisar
Mahābhārata fast
Subject Taxation -- India -- History
Finance, Public -- India -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance
Finance, Public
Taxation
India
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443894333
1443894338