Chanakya's Arthashastra, was rediscovered here. It was R. Shamasastry, the then chief officer of the institute, who edited ...

History has dubbed Chanakya the original kingmaker, the strategist who powered the rise of Chandragupta Maurya.

3 important examples of Chanakya's presence of mind - The name Chanakya strikes a chord with every history enthusiast as well as the intellectual lot. He is known to be the author of Arthashastra ...

The Arthashastra has been dealt with at length in the Mahabharata as well. Bhishma, the great grandsire, is considered as one of the great exponents and teachers of Chanakya’s work.

And author Radhakrishnan Pillai believes Arthashastra's 6,000 sutras (divided into 15 books, 150 chapters, and 180 sections) on economics, politics and military tactics can help today's CEOs deal ...

The Arthashastra is a handbook of sorts for running an empire. Written by Kautilya - also known as Chanakya - who then served as the prime minister and chief advisor to Indian Emperor Chandragupta.

So Chanakya’s Arthashastra in a way deals not so much with wealth generation. There are a few chapters on that. It is more of wealth distribution. What is the role of a king for example?

Thus, Chanakya’s Arthashastra can be taken as a book on ‘power management’. Such a book would be extremely useful for a person at a top leadership position and who should know which card to ...

German philosopher Max Weber would agree. Compared to Chanakya's Arthashastra, he once called Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince 'harmless'.

New Delhi [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday called for modernisation of the armed forces, adding the time has come to look take cues from the 'Arthashastra' and ...