TY - BOOK AU - Saxena, A.K. TI - Ancient Indian Political Thought & Institution SN - 9788183766203 U1 - 320.10954 PY - 2019/// CY - Jaipur PB - ABD Publishers KW - Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institution Ancient Indian political thought must be understood in the context of religious beliefs. In the earliest cosmology the political order was seen as analogous to the cosmos, its creation a repetition of the divine creation of the cosmic system. Vedic liturgy was essentially an effort to reproduce the cosmic order so as to ensure the effective functioning of society ER -