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#KAUTILYA ARTHASHASTRA IN ENGLISH BOOM MANUAL#
With a similar attitude to statecraft to that arthashadtra Machiavelli, this offers a far more comprehensive and detailed manual for realist power aggrandisment. In the end I’d recommand it to people who are interested in the topics of this work, meaning political theory, statecraft, economics and military theory AND who are also interested in the history of those things and want to see how ancient civilisations handled it.ĭuringJulius Jolly and Richard Schmidt published a new edition of the text, which was based on a Malayalam script manuscript in the Bavarian State Library. His concept of the ‘silent war’ is useful in that it describes states that are not openly at war, but attempt to undercut each other’s interests through power plays and espionage. Arthashastra declares, in numerous occasions, the need for empowering the weak and poor in one’s kingdom, a sentiment that is not found in Machiavelli Arthashastra, states Brians, advises “the king shall provide the orphans, the aged, the infirm, the afflicted, and the helpless with maintenance. Understand the opponent and seek to outwit him. This was probably the most interesting part of the book to me. The strengthening of our strategic cooperation with China and improving our friendly relations with Russia should remain the cornerstone of our foreign policy. In the last book of Kautilya’s Arthashastra, Kautilya had discussed the methodology of composition of Arthashastra. it is said to have been written by Kautilya. Kautilya’s Arthashastra is an excellent treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy. The word ( No Suggestions) originates from a primeval Indian dissertation that discussed. Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book about economics written by Kautilya.