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Kautilya's Arthashastra

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Chanakya was a great teacher of Takshashila University, who taught Chandragupta and made him the first Emperor of India. He is also known as Kautilya. He authored Chanakya Neeti, and Arthashastra [a political treatise]. Table of Contents Book I, "Concerning Discipline" Book II,"The Duties of Government Superintendents" Book III, "Concerning Law" Book IV, "The Removal of Thorns" Book V, "The Conduct of Courtiers" Book VI, "The Source of Sovereign States" Book VII, "The End of the Six-Fold Policy" Book VIII, "Concerning Vices and Calamities" Book IX, "The Work of an Invader" Book X, "Relating to War" Book XI, "The Conduct of Corporations" Book XII, "Concerning a Powerful Enemy" Book XIII, "Strategic Means to Capture a Fortress" Book XIV, "Secret Means" Book XV, "The Plan of a Treatise"

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