In this part of the essay, the author Sisirkumar Mitra describes the ideal role of the king in ancient India as the upholder of Dharma, and the ways in which this ideal worked in harmony with democratic freedom at the communal level of organisation.
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Sisirkumar Mitra describes the attempts made in ancient India to unify India politically, key reasons which led to political disunity of India and the impact of invasions. He concludes with highlighting the task ahead – to achieve a deeper unity from within.
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The author conveys how most of the history textbooks in India don’t capture the ‘whole’ picture of history by completely ignoring the inward orientation of Indian cultural evolution.
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The author Sisirkumar Mitra describes the ideal of communal freedom and self-determination, and beginnings of the idea of State in ancient India.
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