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One mode of veneration is not to utter the name of either the father or even the teacher. It may amount to an insult if not to an offence. Kautilya was Chanakya because he was the son of his father Chanaka. He probably studied and taught in the Takshashila university, which was a prominent university at the time.

A man like Kautilya who had profound respect for orthodox tradition could not go against it. In the light of the above observation we are led to think that scholars will do justice to a name and a personality, the type of which is indeed rare in the history at least of the ancient world. Another reason put forth that Chanakya never existed is that the Puranas or other literature never mention a single word about his authorship or writings.

This is not entirely true. References to his authorship are so many that by themselves it will make a thesis. We shall therefore rest content with merely mentioning the names of the literary works where unmistakable references are made to our celebrated writer on Polity. The author shows how he follows the principles of diplomacy enunciated by the master-politician. This verse is again instructive in the sense that it refers to Rakshasa, a prominent character of the Mudraraksasa.

In the last book again the author of the Panchatantra refers with approval to the unimpeachable policy of Chanakya. A repeated mention of the acceptance of the Kautilyan policy is seen from the statement. On this, Johnston, according to whom the lower limit of the Arthashastra is not later than A. Kautilya was placed on a level with the ancient rishis in point of age and the work which earned him this position must be at least several centuries earlier than that date.

Certainly the period from the third to the fifth century cannot be counted as several centuries earlier. But what is to our point here is an authentic reference to his writings. Yet another argument is that the contents of the work itself deal with not only politics but a great many subjects under administration which require a knowledge of the specialists in architecture, in agriculture, in mining, in military organisation, etc.

It is impossible that one man should have been a specialist in all the branches of knowledge. Against this it may be remarked at the outset that this is not impossible in India and especially in Ancient India where we know of the versatile knowledge possessed by many a Pandit in those days. They became sages and seers because of their knowledge in all branches of arts and sciences.

The specialisation of education is a modern cry and the evils of such specialisation are patent enough. It makes the specialist devote all his time in his own subject oftentimes to the utter neglect of the other subjects.

Specialisation may make one learned but not cultured. Ancient Indians took legitimate pride in their culture, nurtured it with great care and attention, and promoted its growth themselves being the custodians of that world-wide culture.

For instance, Bhisma can speak with authority on any question submitted to him, whatever branch of science it might refer to Vasistha the Purohita could assert with first-hand knowledge his opinion on any subject. Indeed the Purohita was Purohita because he was thoroughly versed in all branches of knowledge. There is nothing wonderful about this fact. Again the authors of law-books, epics and the Puranas must have been specialists in all branches of knowledge, for, they had to handle directly or indirectly all different arts and sciences.

Journal of Indian Philosophy. The Arthashastra dedicates Book 7 and 10 to war, and considers numerous scenarios and reasons for war. The goals of the secret service, in Arthashastra, was to test the integrity of government officials, spy on cartels and population for conspiracy, to monitor hostile kingdoms suspected of preparing for war or in war against the state, to check spying and propaganda wars by hostile states, to destabilize enemy states, to get rid of troublesome powerful people who could not be challenged openly.

The ancient text stipulates that the courts have a panel of three pradeshtri arthashasstra for handling criminal cases, and this panel is different, separate and independent of the panel of judges of civil court system it specifies for a Hindu kingdom. A notable structure of the treatise is that while all chapters arthashqstra primarily prose, each transitions into a poetic verse towards its end, as a marker, a style that is found in many ancient Hindu Sanskrit texts where the changing poetic meter or style of writing is used as a syntax code to silently signal that the chapter or section is ending.

A state, asserts Arthashastra text in verses 7. The best king is the Raja- rishithe sage king. Those who lack integrity in financial matters or fall for the lure of money must not be in revenue collection or treasury, states the text, and those who lack integrity in sexual relationships must not be appointed to Vihara services pleasure grounds. The text is an ancient treatise written in 1st millennium BCE Sanskrit, coded, dense and can be interpreted in many ways, with English and Sanskrit being grammatically and syntactically different languages.

The authorship and date of writing are unknown, and there is evidence that the surviving manuscripts are not original and have been modified in their history but were most likely completed in the available form between 2nd-century BCE to 3rd-century CE. We have Zero Tolerance to Spam. Kautilya favors peace arthshastra war, because he asserts that in most situations, peace is more conducive to creation of wealth, prosperity and security of the people.

In the s, fragmented sections of a north Indian version of Arthashastra were discovered in form of a Devanagari manuscript in a Jain library in PatanGujarat. Part of a series on. RichardsCambridge University Press, pp. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.

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The Arthashastra then posits its own theory that there are four necessary fields of knowledge, the Vedasthe Anvikshaki philosophy of SamkhyaYoga and Lokayata[note arthashasyra the science of government and the science of economics Varta of agriculture, cattle and trade. The school of Usanas asserts, states the text, that there is only one necessary knowledge, the science of government because no other science can start or survive without it.

Kautilya and His Arthashastra. Arthashastra and Chanakya Niti, also known as Chanakya Neeti-shastra. Chapter 9 of Book 1 suggests nniti king to maintain a council and a Purohit chaplain, spiritual guide for his personal counsel. The division into 15, and of books, chapters and topics respectively was probably not accidental, states Olivelle, because ancient authors of major Hindu texts favor certain numbers, such as 18 Parvas in the epic Mahabharata.

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