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Arthasastra

by Kautiliya · first published 1997

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  • mitchtbaum · Sep 3, 2015 · Recommends

    …check out this 2014 essay by Michael Liebig, Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra: A Classic Text of Statecraft and an Untapped Political Science Resource. [2] (excerpted below) 0: http://www.amazon.com/Kautiliya-Arthasastra-Vols-Sanskrit-En... 1: https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Kautiliya_Arthasastra... 2: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/17144/2/He... 3: http://www.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&barcode=999999...…

    on “Chanakya: India's Machiavelli” ↗
  • rramadass · Apr 22, 2023 · Recommends

    …Political Realist: Kautilya and His Arthashastra by Roger Boesche - A very nice summary of the magnum opus "Arthashastra" from Ancient India. 6) King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India: Kautilya's Arthasastra translated and annotated by Patrick Olivelle - A very good and modern translation of a large text. 7) The Essence of Politics (Sanskrit: Nitisara) by Kamandaki translated by Jesse Ross Knutson - A shorter…

    on “Notes from a Sun Tzu Skeptic (2019)” ↗

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