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Rajamandala The Rajamandala (or राजमण्डल meaning "circle of kings";〔 〕 , ''mandala'' is a Sanskrit word that means "circle") was formulated by the Indian author Kautilya in his work on politics, the ''Arthashastra'' (written between 4th century BC and 2nd century AD). It describes circles of friendly and enemy states surrounding the king's (''raja'') state.〔Avari, Burjor (2007). ''(India, the Ancient Past: A History of the Indian Sub-continent from C. 7000 BC to AD 1200 )'' Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0415356156. pp. 188-189.〕〔.〕 ==Terminology== The term draws a comparison with the mandala of the Hindu and Buddhist worldview; the comparison emphasises the radiation of power from each power center, as well as the non-physical basis of the system. The terminology was revived two millenniums later as a result of Twentieth Century efforts to comprehend patterns of diffuse but coherent political power. Metaphors such as social anthropologist Tambiah's idea of a "galactic polity",〔Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja. ''World Conqueror and World Renouncer : A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-521-29290-5. Chapter 7, cited in Lieberman, ''Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context c. 800-1830''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003-2009 ISBN 978-0521804967. P. 33〕 describe such political patterns as the mandala. Historian Victor Lieberman preferred the metaphor of a "solar polity," as in the solar system, where there is one central body, the sun, and the components or planets of the solar system.〔Lieberman, 2003, p. 33〕 The "Rajamandala" concept of ancient India was the prototype for the Mandala model of South East Asian political systems in later centuries, established by British historian O. W. Wolters.
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