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The Arthashastra

By Kautilya, Rudrapatnam Shamashastry (Translator)
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By Kautilya, Rudrapatnam Shamashastry (Translator)
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Written around 400 B.C. by Kautilya, the 'Indian Machiavelli', THE ARTHASHASTRA was thought lost for more than a thousand years. It was rediscovered in 1905, when scholar Rudrapatnam Shamashastry was asked to catalogue an unpromising pile of palm leaf manuscripts - and suddenly found himself holding a complete copy of the long-lost masterpiece.

Shamashastry published an English translation in 1915 to worldwide acclaim. Until that time, Western orientalists believed that Indian government ha...

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LiteratureLiterary CriticismAncient & Medieval LiteratureGeneral & Miscellaneous Ancient Literature - Literary Criticism