Shukraniti

Ancient India’s contribution to economic ethics is shaped by four objectives of life (purusharthas), achieved in the context of four stages of life (ashramas), four vocations of life (varnas), and four branches of knowledge (vidyas).  Hindu treatises such as the Vedas, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Puranas; political economy treatises like Arthashastra and Shukraniti; and law books such as Manu-Smriti, Yajnavalkya-Smriti, and a liberal digest on them by Lakshmi Devi have affected the Indian way of life, including economic life.  Emphasis on actions in harmony with univers