Kautilya’s Kutayuddha 300 BCE–300 CE: Part 1
The debate regarding the dating and authorship of the Arthasastra continues. Thomas Trautmann argues that the Kautilya Arthasastra is actually a composite product of three or four different individuals. In Trautmann’s view, Kautilya is at best a compiler and editor of the teachings of previous teachers belonging to the arthasastra tradition.1 In a somewhat similar […]
