Canberra, 12 March 2015 Over the eons human nature has remained unchanged. Similarly ever since the advent of nation-states their behaviour has also remained closely adhering to the past in a time honoured manner. It is this constancy in the behaviour pattern of both humans and States that make the concepts put forward in the […]
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Indian History Part 25 THE GOLDEN GUPTAS Section II: Samudra Gupta the Great
Canberra, 20 January 2014 Samudra Gupta the Great (335-375 A.D.) Samudra Gupta, the fourth king of the Gupta dynasty, ushered in the Golden Age of ancient India and could be considered the greatest amongst the Gupta emperors. [His successor, Chandra Gupta II also known as Vikramaditya, after whom the Indian Navy’s third aircraft carrier is […]
Continue readingFROM INDUS TO INDEPENDENCE: A TREK THROUGH INDIAN HISTORY: Part 20
Singapore, 28 November 2013 THE CONCEPT OF STATE AND POLITICAL THOUGHT IN ANCIENT INDIA Section I Statecraft and the Concept of Kingship Early political thought developed in India almost independent of any external influence. There is a distinct difference between the political thought that developed in the Indian sub-continent over the years and the one […]
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