Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Which Indian thinker came closest to giving a social contract theory of the origin of the state?
AManu
BKautilya
CAbul Fazl
DGautam Buddha ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Gautam Buddha — Gautam Buddha came closest to a social contract theory of the state.
Explanation
★Gautam Buddha came closest to a social contract theory of the state.
★The Buddhist account describes a decline from an ideal early condition.
★People then chose a ruler to maintain order and justice.
★This chosen ruler, the Mahasammata, was the great elect.
★It resembles a contract by which people set up authority.
★Manu and Kautilya leaned more on divine and pragmatic origins.
★So the answer is Gautam Buddha.
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