Q: - The famous journal “Arthshastra” was written by which great intellectual?
-> Chanakya.
Kautilya or Vishnugupta also known as Chanakya documented his life-long work in this book Arthashastra which was written in (283-350 BCE). Arthshastra the science of politics and economics is also known as Dandniti, Nitishastra, Rajniti and so on. It dealt not only with political theories and organisation of administrative machinery but also subjects connected with state and society, which today are clubbed under sociology, law and economics.
It discusses the ethics of economics and the duties and obligations of a king. According to Kautilya the wise and virtuous king is one who has:-
-Has self-control;
-Cultivates the intellect by association with elders;
-Keeps his eyes open through spies;
-Is ever active in promoting the security & welfare of the people;
-Ensures the observance by people of their dharma by authority & example;
-Improves his own discipline by learning in all branches of knowledge;
-And endears himself to his people by enriching them & doing good to them.
Chanakya was responsible for bringing down the Nanda dynasty and establishing his able student Chandragupta Maurya on the throne as the emperor and he was later made the prime minister of Maurya Empire. Hence, he is called a King Maker. He is also credited with having masterminded the defeat of Alexander the Great in India, when he was on his march to conquer the world.
For ages, rulers across the world have referred to the Arthashastra for building a nation on sound economics, based on spiritual values. Emperor Ashoka is supposed to have built and expanded his kingdom on the principles described in this book. Shivaji, the ruler of the Indian state of Maharashtra, is said to have studied this book in order to plan and defeat the Mughals.
It discusses the ethics of economics and the duties and obligations of a king. According to Kautilya the wise and virtuous king is one who has:-
-Has self-control;
-Cultivates the intellect by association with elders;
-Keeps his eyes open through spies;
-Is ever active in promoting the security & welfare of the people;
-Ensures the observance by people of their dharma by authority & example;
-Improves his own discipline by learning in all branches of knowledge;
-And endears himself to his people by enriching them & doing good to them.
Chanakya was responsible for bringing down the Nanda dynasty and establishing his able student Chandragupta Maurya on the throne as the emperor and he was later made the prime minister of Maurya Empire. Hence, he is called a King Maker. He is also credited with having masterminded the defeat of Alexander the Great in India, when he was on his march to conquer the world.
For ages, rulers across the world have referred to the Arthashastra for building a nation on sound economics, based on spiritual values. Emperor Ashoka is supposed to have built and expanded his kingdom on the principles described in this book. Shivaji, the ruler of the Indian state of Maharashtra, is said to have studied this book in order to plan and defeat the Mughals.
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