to take care of elephant forests as elephants were the most important tool of warfare. Now, when a similarity is found, is it there because a group of politicians read the “Arthashastra” or ...

The Arthashastra was known through quotes in other historical works but the full text was unavailable till it was discovered on leaves by a librarian, R. Shamasastry, in the first decade of the ...

Indeed, the Arthashastra has been accorded an important place among classic works on the science of government. It has a pragmatic but thoughtful approach to governance. Kautilya declared ...

What our time has labeled covert intelligence operations were described in the Arthashastra as an important tool. Operating in “all states of the circle” (friends and adversaries alike ...