Study of History - Maulana Kausar Niazi
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OTHER SOURCES OF ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY<br />
opinion that the kings <strong>of</strong> this period were very<br />
tyrannical and during their reigns the people<br />
revolted on many occasions . 8<br />
After studying two Puranas, Taitriya<br />
Brahmana<br />
and Sathpath, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Bradley Keith has<br />
given us details about the powers <strong>of</strong> the royal<br />
families,<br />
their dependants and ministers as well<br />
as the administration <strong>of</strong> the government.<br />
Baden-Powell and Hew Kennedy have,<br />
with<br />
the help <strong>of</strong> these books, thrown light in their<br />
compilations on the political, social and economic<br />
life <strong>of</strong> the Aryan colonists and their predecessors<br />
.<br />
9<br />
A.B. Howell claims that the people living<br />
the period <strong>of</strong> Mahabharata did not regard as sacred<br />
either the kings or their families and they sometimes<br />
deposed the kings as well as their minis-<br />
10<br />
ters .<br />
This is not the occasion to go into details.<br />
Briefly, it can be said that, with the help <strong>of</strong><br />
Rigveda, Yajurveda, their commentaries, and<br />
Jataka tales, the history <strong>of</strong> the Aryans since<br />
their entry into India till their settlement in the<br />
in<br />
8. Ibid ; also Cambridge <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> India.<br />
9. Baden-Powell, Land <strong>of</strong> Five Rivers, pp. 7, 9, 72, 221.<br />
10. A.B. Howell, Aryan Rule in India, pp. 24-25.<br />
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