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THE KING, HIS ENEMY, HIS ALLY AND ALL THE OTHERS
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THE KING, HIS ENEMY, HIS ALLY AND ALL THE OTHERS
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S0321-03910000392-7-1
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Published
Authors
Aleksey Vigasin 
ORCID: 0009-0005-2166-795X
Edition
Volume 76 Issue 3 (76)
Pages
549-558
Abstract

The article discusses one of the principal concepts of arthaśāstra: the so-called maṇḍala, or “the circle of the states”, consisting of four elements: the enemy, the ally, the middle and the neutral kings. The author seeks to show that “political science” of Ancient India was based on traditional diagrams (including cosmological ones), numerological and logical schemes.

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arthaśāstra, traditional Indian conception of foreign affairs, the circle (of kings), tetralemma of Indian logic
Date of publication
01.07.2016
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