ARTHASHASTRA UNESCO Chair Amitav Acharya from iconic classics to modern

from iconic classics to modern innovations

Featuring a diverse selection

Publication Date: 26 Jun 2008

The violent succession battle that ensued

This 60th anniversary edition includes for the first time Screwtape Proposes a Toast

ARTHASHASTRA UNESCO Chair Amitav Acharya from iconic classics to modernThe Arthashastra is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy, written in Sanskrit. It identifies its author by the names 'Kauilya' and 'Vishnugupta', both names that are traditionally identified with Chanakya (c. 350283 BC), who was a scholar at Takshashila and the teacher and guardian of Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan Empire. The text was influential until the 12th century, when it