Ascribed to Kautilya (commonly identified as the prime minister of
Chandragupta Maurya) and dating back more than 2,000 years, the
Arthashastra is the world’s first manual in political economy. It has a preeminence
in Indian thought that is akin to that of Machiavelli’s The Prince
in Europe.
Arthashastra (literally, ‘the science of wealth’) is a study of economic
enterprise; specifically, Kautilya’s treatise advises the king on the business
of creating prosperity. Arthashastra also addres. ..
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