Kautilya's Arthashastra

ir.nmu.org.ua/bitstream/hand… pic.twitter.com/eULmjRT4ijKautilya's Arthashastra 2 Table of Contents Book I, "Concerning Discipline" .............................................................. 3 Book II, "The Duties of Government Superintendents" ....................... 60 Book III, "Concerning Law" ................................................................. 213 Book IV, "The Removal of Thorns"...................................................... 285 Book V, "The Conduct of Courtiers" ................................................... 336 Book VI: The Source of Sovereign States............................................ 362 Book VII, "The End of the Six-Fold Policy" .......................................... 370 Book VIII: Concerning Vices and Calamities........................................ 467 Book IX, "The Work of an Invader" ..................................................... 490 Book X, "Relating to War"................................................................... 521 Book XI, "The Conduct of Corporations" ............................................ 541 Book XII, "Concerning a Powerful Enemy" ......................................... 547 Book XIII, "Strategic Means to Capture a Fortress"............................ 563 Book XIV, "Secret Means"................................................................... 584 Book XV, "The Plan of a Treatise".......................................

Kautilya/ Chanakya/ Vishnugupt was the mentor of Chandragupt, who fought Alexander's Commander Seleucus. It means Kautilya was a contemporary of Plato / Aristotle. His book Arthashastra is a complete book on the theory and practice of politics and administration.