HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Asvaghosha
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Patanjali
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Kautilya
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Bana
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kautilya had been compared to Niccolo Machiavelli’s “The Prince” by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharal Nehru.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kautilya was an academician at Taxila University and later the Prime Minister of the Mauryan Empire. He is referred to as the Indian Machiavelli as a result of his undisputed and shrewd techniques and policies, which mirror a “realist” approach to politics, diplomacy and warfare.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kautilya is known as the Machiavelli of India. Kautilya was an economist, teacher, and royal advisor. He helped Chandragupta Maurya in capturing the Magadhan throne. Kautilya is also known as Vishnugupta/Chanakya. Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, Historian, Philosopher.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chanakya has been called the “Indian Machiavelli” because his writings have a political pragmatism similar to that seen in Machiavelli’s own work.