Summary: An extraordinary detailed manual on statecraft and the science of living by one of classical India's greatest minds; Kautilya; also known as Chanakya and Vishnugupta; wrote the Arthashastra not later than 150 AD though the date has not been conclusively established. Legend has it that he was either a Brahmin from Kerala or from north India; however; it is certain that Kautilya was the man who destroyed the Nanda dynasty and installed Chandragupta Maurya as the King of Magadha. A master strategist who was well-versed in the Vedas and adept at creating intrigues and devising political stratagems; Kautilya's genius is reflected in his Arthashastra which is the most comprehensive treatise of statecraft of classical times. The text contains fifteen books which cover numerous topics viz.; the King; a complete code of law; foreign policy; secret and occult practices and so on. The Arthashastra is written mainly in prose but also incorporates 380 shlokas. Artha; literally wealth; is one of four supreme aims prescribed by Hindu tradition. However; it has a much wider significance and the material well-being of individuals is just a part of it. In accordance with this; Kautilya's Arthashastra maintains that the state or government of a country has a vital role to play in maintaining the material status of both the nation and its people. Therefore; a significant part of the Arthashastra has to do with the science of economics. When it deals with the science of politics; the Arthashastra describes in detail the art of government in its widest sense-the maintenance of law and order as also of an efficient administrative machinery. The Kautilyan State and Society Introductory Sections The State and its Constituent Elements The King The Wellorganized State Treasury Sources of Revenue Accounts and Audit Civil Service Regulations The Departments of the Government Law and Justice Covert Operations Foreign Policy defence and War according activities agents aggressor ally amount animals army Arthashastra attack battle become better Book Brahmins calamity cause chapter charge chariots Chief Chief Controller collect commodities conqueror Controller Crown danger deal death depending described destroy duties elephants enemy enemy's equal example fight fire forces foreign forest fort four gain given giving hand Head horses husband important interest Kautilya killed kinds king king's labour land loss means measures mentioned metals methods Middle ministers nature objective offence officials paid panas pay payment peace person poison prince protection punishment rear reasons received referred responsible say secret agents share similar someone son SP subjects Superintendent territory trade translation Treasury treaty troops types varna verses village wealth weights wife woman women

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
General Book	Ashok Goel Library, Rishihood University General stacks	Rashtram School of Public Leadership	320.954 KAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	RU00004973
General Book	Ashok Goel Library, Rishihood University General stacks	Rashtram School of Public Leadership	320.954 KAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available	RU00004974
General Book	Ashok Goel Library, Rishihood University General stacks	Rashtram School of Public Leadership	320.954 KAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	3	Available	RU00004975

An extraordinary detailed manual on statecraft and the science of living by one of classical India's greatest minds; Kautilya; also known as Chanakya and Vishnugupta; wrote the Arthashastra not later than 150 AD though the date has not been conclusively established. Legend has it that he was either a Brahmin from Kerala or from north India; however; it is certain that Kautilya was the man who destroyed the Nanda dynasty and installed Chandragupta Maurya as the King of Magadha. A master strategist who was well-versed in the Vedas and adept at creating intrigues and devising political stratagems; Kautilya's genius is reflected in his Arthashastra which is the most comprehensive treatise of statecraft of classical times.
The text contains fifteen books which cover numerous topics viz.; the King; a complete code of law; foreign policy; secret and occult practices and so on. The Arthashastra is written mainly in prose but also incorporates 380 shlokas.
Artha; literally wealth; is one of four supreme aims prescribed by Hindu tradition. However; it has a much wider significance and the material well-being of individuals is just a part of it. In accordance with this; Kautilya's Arthashastra maintains that the state or government of a country has a vital role to play in maintaining the material status of both the nation and its people. Therefore; a significant part of the Arthashastra has to do with the science of economics. When it deals with the science of politics; the Arthashastra describes in detail the art of government in its widest sense-the maintenance of law and order as also of an efficient administrative machinery. The Kautilyan State and Society
Introductory Sections
The State and its Constituent Elements
The King
The Wellorganized State
Treasury Sources of Revenue Accounts and Audit
Civil Service Regulations
The Departments of the Government
Law and Justice
Covert Operations
Foreign Policy
defence and War
according
activities
agents
aggressor
ally
amount
animals
army
Arthashastra
attack
battle
become
better
Book
Brahmins
calamity
cause
chapter
charge
chariots
Chief
Chief Controller
collect
commodities
conqueror
Controller
Crown
danger
deal
death
depending
described
destroy
duties
elephants
enemy
enemy's
equal
example
fight
fire
forces
foreign
forest
fort
four
gain
given
giving
hand
Head
horses
husband
important
interest
Kautilya
killed
kinds
king
king's
labour
land
loss
means
measures
mentioned
metals
methods
Middle
ministers
nature
objective
offence
officials
paid
panas
pay
payment
peace
person
poison
prince
protection
punishment
rear
reasons
received
referred
responsible
say
secret agents
share
similar
someone
son
SP
subjects
Superintendent
territory
trade
translation
Treasury
treaty
troops
types
varna
verses
village
wealth
weights
wife
woman
women

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