Hindu statesman and thinker who wrote a classic treatise on polity, Arthaśāstra
(Eng. trans., third ed., 1929), a compilation of just about everything that had
been written in India up to his time on artha (property, economics, or material
success).
He was born into the Brahmin caste and obtained his schooling at Taxila (now in
Pakistan). He's known to have had a information of drugs and astrology, and it's
believed he was aware of elements of Greek and Persian learning launched into
India by Zoroastrians. Some authorities believe he was a Zoroastrian or not less
than was strongly influenced by that religion.
Kautilya (Chanakya) became a counsellor and adviser to King Candragupta (reigned c. 321-c.
297) of the Mauryan Empire of northern India but lived merely himself. He was
instrumental in serving to Candragupta overthrow the powerful Nanda dynasty at
Patiliputra, Magadha.
Kautilya (Chanakya's) book came to be Candragupta's guide. Every of its 15 sections deals
with a phase of government, which Kauṭilya sums up as “the science of
punishment.” He overtly advises the development of an elaborate spy system
reaching into all ranges of society and encourages political and secret
assassination. Misplaced for centuries, the book was found in 1905.
In contrast by many to Machiavelli and by others to Aristotle and Plato,
Kautilya (Chanakya) is alternately condemned for his ruthlessness and trickery and praised
for his sound political wisdom and information of human nature. All authorities
agree, nonetheless, that it was primarily due to
Kautilya (Chanakya) that the Mauryan
Empire beneath Candragupta and later beneath Aśoka (reigned c. 265-c. 238) grew
to become a mannequin of efficient government.
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