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The science of espionage has a long history of evolution and probably it originated ever since the emergence of state as the supreme form of governance in clan societies. The science, in course of emergence of larger states achieved high level of development in Egypt, Syria, Persia, China, Greece and India. By the 4th century B. C. the science of espionage in India achieved a spectacular level of advancement which was incorporated in Arthä¿stra. The basic theories of espionage as prescribed by Kau¿ilya have changed very little in course of the last two millennia and three hundred years notwithstanding the widespread use of technological devices developed in course of industrial advance, especially, the cyber technology developed in course of the last few decades. As regards effectiveness of espionage methods, the modern espionage agencies are yet to learn a lot from the theories and practices of espionage as embodied in Arthä¿stra.

This book highlights variegated aspects of the economy of India, ancient and modern, in four chapters.The first chapter looks into the adverse impact on the poor of diversification of agriculture, especially in North-East India, in order to meet the demands of the big farmers. Chapter two flights back to early Christian era, and looks into India's flourishing trade relations with South and South-East Asian countries during that period. Chapter three brings to the fore the ethics of the upper castes in ancient India which they considered as the logical ground of exploiting the lowest of the castes viz. the dalits (outcastes). Chapter four elaborates the problems and prospects of the public distribution system in India pertaining to ensuring food security, especially of the poor and weaker sections of the population.

The book, consisting of six chapters, is divided into three parts.The first three chapters are on the economic concepts embedded in the ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise the Arthä¿stra of Kautilya, written around 300 B.C.Kautilya (also known as Chanakya and Vishnu Sharma) was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya, the first king of the Maurya Dynasty. Artha in the narrow sense means money but in the wider sense it means all material means to meet human requirements and ¿¿stra means the holy book.The fourth chapter delineates the concept of Swadeshi as conceived by Mahatma Gandhi during the first half of the twentieth century. Mahatma Gandhi was unquestionably the greatest political leader of India during Nationalist Movement. He was not only a politician, but also a savant whose Gospels of 'Ahimsa' (non-violence) and 'universal love' have won him world-wide acclaim. His economic concepts, especially that of Swadeshi , is still relevant for the less developed countries and if emulated may help them overcome many intricate economic problems. The fifth and sixth chapters deal with some modern economic concepts like laissez faire and its feasibility, economic concepts of Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Neoclassical school and Keynes.

This book is a collection of six articles on economic topics of current interest presented in six chapters.The first chapter, 'Eco Ethical Views of Tagore and Amartya Sen', is a comparative study of the views on Ethics and Ecology of Rabindranath Tagore and Amartya Sen, the two Bengali Nobel laureates from India.The second chapter, 'Poverty and Ethics', deals with the Ethical reasons for perpetuation of poverty in spite of material progress in course of human history.The third chapter, 'Material Progress and Ethics: a Historical Perspective', visualizes the propelling force of human society as the conflict between unbridled self-interest and social ethics, contesting the Marxian theory of 'class struggle'.The fourth chapter 'Human Development According to Adam Smith and Karl Marx' is a comparative study of the concepts of Human Development embedded in the writings of Adam Smith, the father of modern economics and Karl Marx.The fifth chapter, 'Human Development in Ancient Indian Texts' takes up the issue of human development embodied in ancient Indian texts.The sixth chapter, 'Theory of Kingship in Ancient India' discusses the process of ensuring a perfect ruler as prescribed in the ancient Indian texts.

This book depicts the adventures of some remarkable spies and blood chilling activities of some modern espionage agencies.

The Political Economy of Ancient India is an analytical study of the economic and political concepts embedded in three major ancient Indian texts, viz., the great epic Mah¿bh¿rata, Arthä¿stra of Kau¿ilya and the most important Dharmä¿stra viz., Manusm¿ti. This volume is distributed over three parts with 10 chapters along with an Introduction to start with. Part-I, consisting of two chapters, deals with economic and political concepts respectively as scattered in the gigantic epic Mah¿bh¿rata, chapters 3 to 8 of part-II deal with economic, political and espionage concepts delineated in Arthä¿stra of Kau¿ilya, and chapters 9 and 10 of part-III deal with economic and political concepts respectively of Manusm¿ti. In fact, there are many common aspects pertaining to economic and political concepts embedded in the three great ancient Indian texts. The likely reason, as highlighted in introduction of this volume, is that all these three texts derived their basic concepts pertaining to political economy from a common source that had originated through comprehensive research and studies of great post Vedic scholars. In this volume we have gone into the detail of the concepts pertaining to ancient Indian political economy as embedded in the three texts highlighting the common aspects and differences on account of the varying objective conditions at the time of composition of each text. This essence of ancient Indian political economy lies in the concept of trivarga (three basic objectives of mundane life), viz., dharma, artha and k¿ma. In fact, harmonious and sustainable development of human society with equity and social-economic-political justice can be ensured only if there is a perfect balance between the three basic objectives of mundane life, viz., dharma (ethics and noble human values), artha (means to fulfill earthly desires) and k¿ma (earthly desires). The imbalance in human civilization and all the consequent maladies like inequality, exploitation, poverty etc. arise because of imbalance between the three basic objectives, to be specific emphasis on artha and k¿ma keeping aside dharma. So, the essence of teachings of ancient Indian ¿¿stras is that while pursuing the objectives pertaining to artha and k¿ma, we ought to restore dharma to its rightful place to bring about a world free from all its maladies. The present volume endeavours, in essence, to bring to the fore this salient feature of ancient Indian world outlook.

This novel portrays the thrilling adventure of an intrepid Hindu boy and a Buddhist hill girl who undertook to resolve the curse that befell the Buddhist hill people who had inadvertently dishonored a powerful Hindu goddess. This is a story of love, adventure and mystery of tantric cult. A young boy from the plains and a young hill girl struggled hard, risked their lives and could ultimately unmask a supeistrious religious criminal engaged in human sacrifices for salvation.

This book contains ten stories of love between man and woman. Romantic love between man and woman pertains to variegated dimensions and complex human sentiments. Love may ennoble human heart but at the same time it may lead to jealousy, suspect and hatred. Love manifests in mysterious ways and ramifies in unpredictable dimensions. The ten stories of this collection have endeavoured to depict all conceivable dimensions and complexities of romantic love between man and woman.

This book contains eleven short stories. They delineate various aspects of human life and society. The aspects covered by these stories include mystery, adventure, love, frustration, pathos, political crime, terrorist activities, philanthropy, friendship, alienation and lust for life.

A tribal old man, after the demise of his beloved wife considered an age old giant mango tree as his lone friend in the world. Most of the local labourers declined to cut off the tree as asked for by the new owner of the land on which the tree stood as the tree was considered divine but local people. Unfortunately, to get a job for his unemployed son on whose income his family depended, he had to fell this vast tree. The story describes the pain and agony of the old tribal in course of killing his only friend in the world.

The basic objective of this study is to investigate into the essential features of price control mechanism in Arthä¿stra of Kaüilya and its relevance for the Indian economy at present.The pertinent question in this regard has been put forward in the form of the following hypothesis:i) There is a systematic and coherent price control mechanism implicit in Arthä¿stra of Kaüilya.ii) In contrast to the price control mechanism in Arthä¿stra, the 'administered price policy', pursued in India during the plan period, is inconsistent and ad hoc in nature.iii) The method (in modified form), as available in Arthä¿stra, may be utilized to devise a coherent 'administered price policy' in a democratic set up as in India at present.

In recent years there has been a mushroom growth of tantra and yoga societies and institution. Both of these cults have also become very popular all over the world both as a medium of physical wellbeing and spiritual uplift. However, not all the institutions are authentic and many superstitions, criminal and deceitful activities have been associated with many of the tantra and yoga institutions.This book endeavours to highlight the distinction between tantra and yoga unravel the superstitious and deceitful activities associated practices of tantra and yoga and bring to the fore the scientific and beneficial aspects of these two cults.