ARTHASHASTRA UNESCO Chair Amitav Acharya Publication Date: 26 Jun 2008

Publication Date: 26 Jun 2008

After a general introduction

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ARTHASHASTRA UNESCO Chair Amitav Acharya Publication Date: 26 Jun 2008The Arthashastra is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy, written in Sanskrit. It identifies its author by the names 'Kauilya' and 'Vishnugupta', both names that are traditionally identified with Chanakya (c. 350283 BC), who was a scholar at Takshashila and the teacher and guardian of Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan Empire. The text was influential until the 12th century, when it