![]() Many of his nitis or policies have been compiled under the book title Chanakya Niti. It discusses monetary and fiscal policies, welfare, international relations, and war strategies in details. ![]() ![]() Arthashastra (literally 'the Science of Material Gain' in Sanskrit) is arguably the first systematic book on economics. Three books are attributed to Chanakya: Arthashastra, Nitishastra and Chanakya Niti. In Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India, Chanakya has been called the Indian Machiavelli. His ideas remain popular to this day in India. He compiled his political ideas into the 'Arthashastra', one of the world's earliest treatises on political thought and social order. His foresight and wide knowledge coupled with politics of expediency helped found the mighty Mauryan Empire in India. ![]() He was a brahmin, with bright and shining eyes.Ĭhanakya is perhaps less well known outside India compared to other social and political philosophers of the world like Confucius and Machiavelli. In front of a choultry in the city, a man walked as if in haste, on a hot afternoon. Chanakya On the banks of the river Ganga stood the city of Pataliputra, also calledKusumapura.
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