![]() However, it should be mentioned that a critical examination of the contents of the work has convinced some scholars that the text was not the work of a single individual and that it could not have been composed in the 3rd century B C, but probably it received its present form three or four centuries later. He published an edited version of the text with an English translation in 1915. Shamasastri in a remote corner of South India in the beginning of the 20th century. The book was somehow lost, and a copy of it was discovered by Pandit R. ![]() The author of the Sanskrit work of c.3rd century BC was Kautilya, the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya, also known as extremely clever Chanakya or Visnugupta, who was a teacher of the king. The Arthasastra was a storehouse of information on a multitude of subjects and it clearly reflects the intellectual and scientific development achieved by the ancient Indians. One cannot but feel amazed at the breadth of the knowledge of the author. Subjects like man's relationship with animals and plants, minerals and metals, geology, agriculture and animal husbandry have also been dealt with in it. Arthashastra an ancient Indian treatise known for its contents on politics and state craft, administration, financial system, and many other aspects of social and religious life.
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