{"id":1050,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/do-you-think-that-the-buddhist-traditions-have-lent-ereater-upsc-psir-2021-1004\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:17","slug":"do-you-think-that-the-buddhist-traditions-have-lent-ereater-upsc-psir-2021-1004","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-think-that-the-buddhist-traditions-have-lent-ereater-upsc-psir-2021-1004\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you think that the Buddhist traditions have lent ereater ethical foundation to the ancient Indian political thought? Give your arguments."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 moral concerns already present in Indian thought \u2192 Buddhism&#039;s shift = Dhamma over Danda as the test of power R2 Parekh&#039;s &quot;rebel child of Hinduism&quot; \u2192 breaks Brahmanical hierarchy while sharing Karma\/rebirth \u2192 raises the ethical bar<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Agganna Sutta \/ Mahasammata \u2192 consent + function, not divine command \u2192 Four Noble Truths \/ Eightfold Path \/ Five Precepts \u2192 governance as means to reduce suffering \u2192 Dasa-rajadhamma \/ Dhammaraja \u2192 ruler as moral exemplar \u2192 Ghoshal vs Kautilya \u2192 supremacy of moral law over the state \u2192 ASoka \u2192 welfare, rajukas, tolerance, conquest by Dhamma<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">deepened, did not invent \u2192 shared Hindu premises \u2192 Kshatriya prominence retained \u2192 coercion + caste left intact \u2192 order depends ona virtuous ruler \u2192 Thapar: ideals hard to institutionalise<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">re claim holds \u2192 Buddhism placed the state under Dhamma \u2192 compassion \/ equality \/ welfare become the measure of power R2 \u201cgreater\u201d = moral law made supreme over the state \u2192 authority as an instrument of emancipation, even if the ethic was deepened, not originated<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[55],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1050","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-indian-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3313,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1050\/revisions\/3313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}