INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Arthashastra was a detailed treatise on administration written by Chanakya . It contains details about the administrative system, political system, defence strategies and economic policies of the Mauryan Empire under Chandragupta’s reign.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most important literary sources of Mauryan history and chronology are the Arthashastra, Megasthenes’ Indica, the Milindapanho, the Puranas, the Mudrarakshasa, the Mahavamsa, and the Jaina Parishishta Parvan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arthashastra by Kautilya, Indica by Megasthenes, Puranas, Buddhist Literature, Jain Literature are famous literary sources of Mauryan period.

Detailed explanation-4: -It includes books on the nature of government, law, civil and criminal court systems, ethics, economics, markets and trade, the methods for screening ministers, diplomacy, theories on war, nature of peace, and the duties and obligations of a king.