The structure and composition of the Kautiliya 'Arthasastra'

Chapter 1 summarizes the debate over the age and authorship of the Arthasastra and proposes to test the common assumotion that it is the work of a single author. Chapter 2 analyzes the five versions of the story of Candragupta and Canakya or Kautilya and finds that the Jain version best preserves th...

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Main Author: Trautmann, Thomas R.
Published: SOAS, University of London 1968
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.758901