HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Visakhadatta
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Vishnugupta
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Bhattasvamin
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Rajasekhara
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Detailed explanation-1: -Identification with Kauṭilya or Vishnugupta 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-2: -Chanakya, also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta (flourished 300 BCE), Hindu statesman and philosopher who wrote a classic treatise on politics, Artha-shastra ("The Science of Material Gain"), a list of almost everything written in India up to his time on artha-gain (property, economics, or material success).
Detailed explanation-3: -Nana Phadnavis was called the ‘Chanakya of Maratha Politics’. He was one of the most influential ministers of the Maratha era.