When you actually read the Arthashastra, you realise, he does not really talk about marketing, or sales or business development. He is more interested in kingship and legal issues. So where did his ...

We can describe the discovery of the Arthashastra as a fortunate accident, happening as it did in 1905. The first Sanskrit edition, published in 1909, was very timely. The new century had barely ...

Does the New Delhi government follow the policies advocated in “Arthashastra,” an ancient Indian treatise, in its foreign policy? This is a debate that has been going on for quite a while. My answer ...

Wendy Doniger’s new book is titled, Beyond Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics, published in India by Speaking Tiger. American Indologist Wendy Doniger revisits the ...

In 1992, American scholar George Tanham stirred up a hornets’ nest when he charged in an essay that Indians lacked tradition of strategic thinking. Many Indian scholars countered him pointing out ...

Although there is no consensus on the subject, it is generally agreed that ‘Arthashastra’, a seminal treatise on statecraft and economics, was penned by the Indian administrator Kautilya in the third ...

Deepa Agarwal; and the cover of The Arthashastra for Children. Deepa Agarwal's new book The Arthashastra for Children (Puffin, 2023) attempts to acquaint young readers with the ancient treatise on ...

Justice Bobde underlines that the 'Arthashastra prohibits entry into others' house, without the owner’s consent’. He also observes that, 'In Christianity, we find the aspiration to live without ...