Question

What is Arthashastra according to Kautilya? ​

Answer 1

Heya.....

Kautilya was the famous diplomatic philosopher and thinker of political science...

He wrote a book named " Arthashastra "

Meaning of this title was :-

Artha means land and shastra means maintenance of that land...

So the exact means will be the art to rule over a kingdom by a king according to social welfare...

This book gives the administrative thoughts and instructions to the king that how should he rule...

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Answer 2

Arthashastra means way to deal with the kigdom for the social welfare

This book was written by the Chanakya