explain the kautilya arthasashtra?
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The Arthashastra (Sanskrit: अर्थशास्त्र, IAST: Arthaśāstra) is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy, written in Sanskrit.[1][2] Likely to be the work of several authors over centuries,[3] Kautilya, also identified as Vishnugupta and Chanakya, is traditionally credited as the author of the text.[4][5] The latter was a scholar at Takshashila, the teacher and guardian of Emperor Chandragupta Maurya.[6] However, scholars have questioned this identification.[7][8] Composed, expanded and redacted between the 2nd century BCE and 3rd century CE,[9] the Arthashastra was influential until the 12th century, when it disappeared. It was rediscovered in 1905 by R. Shamasastry, who published it in 1909.[10] The first English translation was published in 1915.[11]
The title "Arthashastra" is often translated to "the science of politics",[12][13] but the book Arthashastra has a broader scope.[14] It includes books on the nature of government, law, civil and criminal court systems, ethics, economics, markets and trade, the methods for screening ministers, diplomacy, theories on war, nature of peace, and the duties and obligations of a king.[15][16][17] The text incorporates Hindu philosophy,[18] includes ancient economic and cultural details on agriculture, mineralogy, mining and metals, animal husbandry, medicine, forests and wildlife.[19]
The Arthashastra explores issues of social welfare, the collective ethics that hold a society together, advising the king that in times and in areas devastated by famine, epidemic and such acts of nature, or by war, he should initiate public projects such as creating irrigation waterways and building forts around major strategic holdings and towns and exempt taxes on those affected.[20] The text was influential on other Hindu texts that followed, such as the sections on king, governance and legal procedures included in
The Arthashastra is the title of a handbook for running an empire, written by Kautilya (also known as Chanakya, c. 350-275 BCE) an Indian statesman and philosopher, chief advisor and Prime Minister of the Indian Emperor Chandragupta, the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire.
Arthshastra is a book on realism. It is a collection of abstract problems which are still relevant in contemporary times. It fingers towards the fact that the world doesn’t work the way it ought to but the way it should. It is loaded with how King should present himself. How to win psychological battles. How to improve shelter and basic facilities for living. For Arthashastra, it is only natural that vijigeesoo(own country) try to dissension and force in order to save the state and to expand its share of resources. Restoring peace and honor, in the words of Bhargava becomes necessary.
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