HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Taxila
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Srinagar
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Pataliputra
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Nepal
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kautilya hailed from Taxila. He was also known as Chanakya, Vishnugupta etc. He was the teacher, economist, philosopher etc. He authored the political treatise Arthashastra .
Detailed explanation-2: -Kautilya was also known as Chanakya or Vishnugupta. He was the Prime Minister under the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire. He was a statesman and philosopher who wrote a classic treatise on polity, Arthashastra.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ancient Arthashastra has been traditionally attributed to Chanakya by a number of scholars. The Arthashastra identifies its author as Kauṭilya, a gotra or clan name, except for one verse that refers to him by the personal name of Vishnugupta. Kauṭilya is presumably the name of the author’s gotra (clan).
Detailed explanation-4: -Kautilya was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya. He is also known by the name of Chanakya.