• The Arthashastra (Sanskrit: अर्थशास्त्रम्, IAST: Arthaśāstram Translation: Economics) is an Ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, political science...
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    Viṣṇugupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra, a text dated to roughly between the fourth century BCE and the third...
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  • 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...
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  • Oriental Research Institute Mysore. He re-discovered and published the Arthashastra, an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy, and military...
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  • Bhavabhuti utilized the Arthashastra of Kautilya while composing their famous works. Kalidasa is indebted to Kautilya's Arthashastra for material in the Raghuvamsa...
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  • Shudra (section Arthashastra)
    Rigveda and it is found in other Hindu texts such as the Manusmriti, Arthashastra, dharmaśāstras and jyotiḥśāstras. In some cases, Shudras participated...
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  • Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya, used this theory in his treatise Arthashastra to describe why a state should enhance its size and security. According...
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    Maurya raised an army, with the assistance of Chanakya, author of the Arthashastra, and overthrew the Nanda Empire in c. 322 BCE. Chandragupta rapidly expanded...
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  • Aristotle's Politics, Confucius's political manuscripts and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The English politics has its roots in the name of Aristotle's classic...
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  • seek to outwit him. When everything fails, resort to military force. —Arthashastra Kautilya mentioned four Upayas - Sama, Dana or Dama, Danda and Bheda...
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  • were documented by Sun Tzu, circa 500 BCE, as well as Chanakya in his Arthashastra circa 350BCE. Machiavelli published his "General Rules" in 1521 which...
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    Bhagavad Gita Agamas Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Minor Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras...
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  • Dasa (section Arthashastra)
    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...
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    refers to several gaṇaḥ (or Republics) of the Kambojas. Kautiliya's Arthashastra attestes the Kambojas republican character and Ashoka's Edict No. XIII...
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    M. (February 2007). "Lessons in corporate governance from Kautilya's Arthashastra in ancient India". World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable...
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    Bhagavad Gita Agamas Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Minor Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras...
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  • Vasushastra texts, one Rathadhūli is 8 Paramāṇu As per Manusmriti and Arthashastra, eight Trasareṇus equals one Liksha. The angula is defined in the Śulbasūtras...
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    same example known amongst grammarians and lexicographers. According to Arthashastra of Kautilya, Kambojas were known as vartta-sastropajivinah, meaning they...
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    Haplorchis taichui or against taeniasis. This tree is mentioned in the Arthashastra. Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia Barharwa: A town in India...
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  • 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...
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    but they did not represent architecture nor a developed practice. The Arthashastra dated to 2nd century BCE and 3rd century CE, dedicates chapters to domestic...
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    Bhagavad Gita Agamas Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Minor Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras...
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    him as he traveled through their lands. In ancient Indian context, the Arthashastra (c. 3rd century BC) make mentions of passes issued at the rate of one...
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    commentary in simple Malayalam, Bhashakautalyam (12th century) on Chanakya's Arthashastra. Adhyatmaramayanam by Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (known as the...
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    Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War (5th century BC), Chanakya's Arthashastra (4th century BC), as the inspiration for realist theory, with Hobbes'...
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    Bhagavad Gita Agamas Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Minor Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras...
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    cite and quote text from other Hindu texts such as the Upanishads, the Arthashastra, the Natyashastra, the Manusmriti, the Nyayasutra, the Markandeya Purana...
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    Chandragupta's success is attributed to Chanakya, the author of the Arthashastra. According to Buddhist sources Chanakya was native of the Punjab who...
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