HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Manu
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Charaka
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Tulsidas
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Kautilya
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Saptanga theory of the state was given by Kautilya. Kautilya wrote the Arthashastra and in this, he wrote about the Saptanga theory of the state.
Detailed explanation-2: -Translated as seven limbs-sapt-anga, it helped one understand the prakriti (nature or character) of the state. The seven constituent elements can also be described as the building blocks, which determined the prakriti of the state. These building blocks were important for augmenting the state capacity and influence.
Detailed explanation-3: -The historic method being then unknown, the evolution of the state through various stages is not discussed by ancient Indian writers. It is the first time in Arthashastra of Kautilya find enumerated seven elements of state.