The Arthashastra (Sanskrit: अर्थशास्त्रम्, IAST: Arthaśāstram; transl. Economics) is an Ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, political science...

Viṣṇugupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra, a text dated to roughly between the fourth century BCE and the third...

Oriental Research Institute Mysore. He re-discovered and published the Arthashastra, an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy, and military...

Bhavabhuti utilized the Arthashastra of Kautilya while composing their famous works. Kalidasa is indebted to Kautilya's Arthashastra for material in the Raghuvamsa...

standard unit of distance, in use since at least 4 BCE. According to the Arthashastra, a krośa or kos is about 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). Another conversion...

Rigveda and it is found in other Hindu texts such as the Manusmriti, Arthashastra, dharmaśāstras and jyotiḥśāstras. In some cases, Shudras participated...

Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya, used this theory in his treatise Arthashastra to describe why a state should enhance its size and security. According...

primary sources for the written records of the Mauryan times are the Arthashastra, a work first discovered in the early 20th century, and previously attributed...

Aristotle's Politics, Confucius's political manuscripts and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The English word politics has its roots in the name of Aristotle's classic...

found in ancient Indian texts such as the Rigveda, Pali canon, and the Arthashastra. The term may mean "slave", "enemy" or "servant," but Dasa or Das can...

Bhagavad Gita Agamas Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Minor Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras...

seek to outwit him. When everything fails, resort to military force. —Arthashastra Kautilya mentioned four Upayas - Sama, Dana or Dama, Danda and Bheda...

M. (February 2007). "Lessons in corporate governance from Kautilya's Arthashastra in ancient India". World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable...

refers to several gaṇaḥ (or Republics) of the Kambojas. Kautiliya's Arthashastra attestes the Kambojas republican character and Ashoka's Edict No. XIII...

war were documented by Sun Tzu, c. 500 BCE, as well as Chanakya in his Arthashastra c. 350 BCE. Machiavelli published his "General Rules" in 1521 which were...

Bhagavad Gita Agamas Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Minor Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras...

artha includes social, legal, economic and worldly affairs. Proper Arthashastra is considered an important and necessary objective of government. In...

Bhagavad Gita Agamas Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Minor Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras...

same example known amongst grammarians and lexicographers. According to Arthashastra of Kautilya, Kambojas were known as vartta-sastropajivinah, meaning they...

the Elder, Plutarch, and Justin. Hindu texts such as the Puranas and Arthashastra; later composed Hindu sources include legends in Vishakhadatta's Mudrarakshasa...

commentary in simple Malayalam, Bhashakautalyam (12th century) on Chanakya's Arthashastra. Adhyatmaramayanam by Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (known as the...

agriculture and architecture. Vedic mathematics, various shastras such as the Arthashastra, and Indian astronomy will be taught under the IKS initiative. IKS topics...

Chandragupta's success is attributed to Chanakya, the author of the Arthashastra. Much of the Mauryan rule had a strong bureaucracy that had regulated...

Haplorchis taichui or against taeniasis. This tree is mentioned in the Arthashastra. Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia Barharwa: A town in India...

of the contexts, there is no reason to choose between the two." The Arthashastra lays down the role of the Director of Metals, the Director of Forest...

Bhagavad Gita Agamas Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Minor Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras...

of how to appropriately send the well-trained fighter off to war. The Arthashastra, c. 4th century BCE, typically attributed to Chanakya chief advisor of...

Bhagavad Gita Agamas Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Minor Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras...

commentaries cite and quote Hindu texts such as the Upanishads, the Arthashastra, the Natyashastra, the Manusmriti, the Nyayasutra, the Markandeya Purana...

humans, as was mentioned in the ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, Arthashastra, written by Chanakya, an adviser and a prime minister to the first Maurya...