HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Upanishads
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Arthashastra
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Ramayana
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kautilya is the author of the “Arthashastra". Popularly known as Chanakya, he authored “Arthashastra” in the Mauryan period. It is one of the most important work on economy and statecraft.
Detailed explanation-2: -The book was written in Sanskrit. Even before the final version of Arthashastra was written in the fourth century B.C. by Kautilya, there appeared a tradition of writing on and teaching of statecraft because Kautilya acknowledges his debt to his predecessors in the field.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Arthashastra is a famous book on statecraft, written by the famous philosopher Chanakya, also known as Kautilya.
Detailed explanation-4: -The title, Arthashastra, which means “the Science of Material Gain” or “Science of Polity”, does not leave any doubts about its ends. According to Kautilya, the ruler should use any means to attain his goal and his actions required no moral sanction. The only problems discussed are of the most practical kind.