Shalini is a Weaver in a village in the post mauryan periods.Based on the reading of arthshastra rules, how do you think she would an earn her living if she were not allowed to leave her home?
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Chandragupta Maurya is the king and first emperor of India during the Mauryan Period. He ruled the Mugadha Empire from 320 B.C to 297 B.C. He is considered as a contemporary of Alexander and won many battles and empires. Kautilya also known as Chankya who was the prime minister and chief political adviser to Chandragupta was considered as the mastermind behind the Chandragupta’s victories. Chandragupta consolidated his dynasty under the guidance of Kautilya.
Kautilya is known more for Arthashastra, a book written by him which is part political philosophy and part manual of statecraft in 4th century B.C. He wrote this book to keep as a guide for those who govern the administration and to increase the monarch’s wealth. Arthashastra can be translated from Sanskrit as the Art of Well-being or the Science of Polity. Arthashastra has profound influence in traditional India in making political decisions. This book not only tells the political philosophy, but also treated as manual instruction to the administration and ways to overcome the challenges it will face. This book also explains the human relations in the Mauryan Period.
We are going to discuss about life of women in the Mauryan period. The role of women in Mauryan society is of some significance. It was taken for granted that their position was subordinate to that of the men. This is explained by Kautilya in his Arthashastra. Kautilya mainly focuses injustice happening to women in the society and therefore introduces some laws in his Arthashastra .