While it’s also not my research area, I can suggest you look at:

Wilhelm Rau, Staat und Gesellschaft im alten Indien. Nach den Brāhmaṇa-Texten dargestellt. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1957.

Best,

Elliot

On Jul 15, 2021, at 8:41 AM, Tejas Aralere via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Hello Dr Anderson,

This is not exactly in my focus area so I'm sure others will have better suggestions, but two texts immediately come to mind:

Geslani, M. (2018). Rites of the God-King: Santi and Ritual Change in Early Hinduism. United States: Oxford University Press.

Gonda, Jan. Ancient Indian Kingship from the Religious Point of View. Germany, E. J. Brill, 1966.

I also feel like there might be something in PV Kane's encyclopedic works, but I'm not sure. 

sincerely,
Tejas



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Tejas S. Aralere
Student, PhD Classical Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara

On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 6:31 AM Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Can anyone point me to discussions about early mythological Hindu theorizing about the origins of state-level society and kingship?

Thanks,

Dean




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