Ep. 440: Who Really Wrote the Arthashastra?
An episode of the All Things Policy podcast, hosted by Takshashila Institution, titled "Ep. 440: Who Really Wrote the Arthashastra?" was published on October 23, 2020 and runs 20 minutes.
October 23, 2020 ·20m · All Things Policy
Summary
The Arthashastra is famously believed to have been composed by Chanakya, the prime minister of Chandragupta Maurya. But a new wave of scholarship is challenging that idea. Was Chanakya real?
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