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The term 'stridhana' is first mentioned in which of the following texts?

The term 'stridhana' is first mentioned in which of the following texts? Correct Answer Arthashastra

Key Points

  • Arthashastra was written by Kautilya.
  • Arthashastra deals with the qualities and disciplines needed for a king to rule his empire.
  • According to Kautilya, a king is one who is always active in promoting the protection and welfare of the people.
  • Kautilya has for the first time defined the state in Arthashastra.
  • According to him, a State consists of people and the ruler who controlled the state.
  • Kautilya’s Arthashastra is an ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, economic policy, and military strategy.
  • It has been a subject of controversy whether a woman in post-Mauurya north India had some right to own and inherit the stridhana or separate property. 
  • So far as the constituent of elements of the separate property (stridhana) of a married woman is concerned, the Dharmasutras refer to ornaments and presents from her relatives, and the Arthasastras of Kautilya to (a) Cash or land assigned for her subsistence and (b) ornaments. In this field, Manu, however, seems to be the first code-maker giving a comprehensive definition of stridhana.

Important Points

  • The book on statecraft was written in the Mauryan period.
  • The text is divided into 15 chapters known as books.
  • The book was written in Sanskrit.
  • Even before the final version of Arthashastra was written in the fourth century B.C. by Kautilya, there appeared a tradition of writing on and teaching of statecraft because Kautilya acknowledges his debt to his predecessors in the field.
  • Kautilya was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya. 

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