Kautilya’s Arthashastra: An Intellectual PortraitDescription Kautilya who? In India itself, Kautilya is mentioned for reasons that are more sentimental and nationalistic than analytical and comparative with respect to the theoretical significance of his contributions to statecraft. In academic circles, Kautilya is labelled as the Indian Machiavelli, even though the Arthashastra was written some 1800 years prior to Machiavellis Discorsi and Principe and is much broader in scope. This book brings the

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One of the most widely worshipped female deities in India Goddess Lakshmi is revered by almost every Hindu family in India

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