Arthashastra (treatise by Chanakya)

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gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Indian treatise
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Kautilya_Arthashastra
gptkbp:author gptkb:Chanakya
gptkbp:citation modern scholars
Indian policymakers
gptkbp:contains 15 books
150 chapters
180 topics
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:India
gptkbp:dateWritten 4th century BCE
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:R._Shamasastry
1905
gptkbp:firstEnglishTranslationBy gptkb:R._Shamasastry
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:economic_policy
gptkb:law
gptkb:public_administration
gptkb:war
agriculture
diplomacy
espionage
justice
taxation
trade
public welfare
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arthashastra (treatise by Chanakya)
gptkbp:influenced Indian political thought
gptkbp:influencedBy Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:notableFor description of spy networks
detailed administrative procedures
discussion of ethics in governance
early economic thought
realpolitik approach
gptkbp:preservedIn manuscripts
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Chandragupta_Maurya
gptkb:Maurya_Empire
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:law
economics
history
political science
gptkbp:subject gptkb:military
economics
statecraft
gptkbp:translatedInto 1915
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maurya_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5