Arthashastra of Chanakya

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gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Indian treatise
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Kautilya_Arthashastra
gptkbp:author gptkb:Chanakya
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 4th century BCE
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:R._Shamasastry
gptkbp:firstEnglishTranslation 1915
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:business
gptkb:castle
gptkb:international_relations
gptkb:law_enforcement
gptkb:local_government
gptkb:military
gptkb:monarchy
gptkb:public_administration
gptkb:religion
gptkb:war
agriculture
diplomacy
education
espionage
ethics
forestry
justice
mining
taxation
trade
public welfare
punishments
village administration
spies
army organization
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arthashastra of Chanakya
gptkbp:influenced Indian political thought
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Mahabharata
gptkb:Vedas
gptkb:Dharmaśāstra
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:preservedIn manuscripts
gptkbp:publisherOfFirstEnglishTranslation Government Press, Bangalore
gptkbp:rediscoveryYear 1905
gptkbp:significance important source for ancient Indian history
one of the earliest works on statecraft and economics
comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince
gptkbp:structure 15 books
150 chapters
180 topics
gptkbp:subject gptkb:law
gptkb:military
gptkb:politics
economics
statecraft
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:अर्थशास्त्र
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7