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INTRODUCTION
Abbreviations:—A. — Arthasdstra. K. — Kautilya.
Ka. — Kamasutra, M. = Manu. N. — Nara da,
V,= Vdisyayana. Vi — Visnu.
Y. = Yajnavalkya.
The recently discovered Artha^Sstra of Kautilya,
alias Canakya or Visnugupta, is perhaps the most
precious work in the whole range of Sanskrit literature?
It has shed an abundant light on the life of the people
in ancient India and has supplied the contents of some
of theunost interesting and valuable chapters in recent
standard works on the ancient history of India, such
as V. A. Smith’s Early History of India, Barnett’s
Antiquities of India, Rapson’s Cambridge History of
India and others, not to mention special treatises on
ancient Indian Polity, such as Jayaswal’s Introduction
to Hindu Polity, B, K. Sarkar’s Political Institutions
and Theories of the Hindus, N. N. Law’s Studies in
Ancient Hindu Polity and the Aspects of Indian Polity
by the same writer, Samaddar’s Lectures on the Eco-
nomic Condition of Ancient India, K. Nag’s Theories
diplomatiques de LTnde ancienne, etc.
The A. deals with both internal and external
policy and may be designated as an ancient Imperial
1 F. W. Thomas ia Ranson's Cambridge History of India.
I, 467.
Abbreviations:—A. — Arthasdstra. K. — Kautilya.
Ka. — Kamasutra, M. = Manu. N. — Nara da,
V,= Vdisyayana. Vi — Visnu.
Y. = Yajnavalkya.
The recently discovered Artha^Sstra of Kautilya,
alias Canakya or Visnugupta, is perhaps the most
precious work in the whole range of Sanskrit literature?
It has shed an abundant light on the life of the people
in ancient India and has supplied the contents of some
of theunost interesting and valuable chapters in recent
standard works on the ancient history of India, such
as V. A. Smith’s Early History of India, Barnett’s
Antiquities of India, Rapson’s Cambridge History of
India and others, not to mention special treatises on
ancient Indian Polity, such as Jayaswal’s Introduction
to Hindu Polity, B, K. Sarkar’s Political Institutions
and Theories of the Hindus, N. N. Law’s Studies in
Ancient Hindu Polity and the Aspects of Indian Polity
by the same writer, Samaddar’s Lectures on the Eco-
nomic Condition of Ancient India, K. Nag’s Theories
diplomatiques de LTnde ancienne, etc.
The A. deals with both internal and external
policy and may be designated as an ancient Imperial
1 F. W. Thomas ia Ranson's Cambridge History of India.
I, 467.