Kautilya and the Arthashastr: Lessons in Statecraft

Dr. Larry Goodson, Professor of Middle East Studies, USAW and the C. Sep. 5, 2017

[@meghkalyanasundaram8720]

~21:06 "Well, the reason this is, this text is viewed as the political economy, the science of political economy is that, although we read it for the chapters near the end on war and diplomacy and foreign policy, most of the text is devoted to the economic well-being of the people"

[@dhargyal2012]

I consider one of the great contribution that I have made to the humanity (archaeology in particular) is my discovery of the Asokian Four Directed Lions symbol may be referring to the original home of the Moryan kings as Chandra Gupta (Ashoka's grand father and founder of the Moryan empire) is from a place called Tak-Ka-Shi-La (which in Tibetan language means "Four Directed Lion's Pass") in present day Afganistan-Pakistan Border area.......... so I discovered that Ashoka could be of Tibetan ethnicity...... It would be hard to believe that Chadra Gupta came from a place called, in Tibetan sounds like, four directed lions pass ("Tak kah si la") and his grandson choosing four directed lions as his signature (or amblem) could be coincidental....... I think Ashoka chose the four directed lions as his emblem to indicate the name of his lineage's original home land (since its in Tibetan, he must know Tibetan to interpret it correctly....)

[@rogerlafrance6355]

Another text on government and war craft is the SukraNiti which is part of the Sacred Books of the Hindus series.

[@shubhamvyas3192]

Roger LaFrance Hindu isn't a religion btw, it isn't even a word to begin with. Hindu actually derived from Indus by Greeks and then British termed it as a religion Hindu. Indian culture is diverse culture. There is no central religion or something that governed it. It's hard to explain lmao. But yeah it isn't a religion

[@amithmagajikondi69]

@@shubhamvyas3192 Hinduism no. Vedism? Yes.

[@shubhamvyas3192]

Amith Magajikondi agreed, but today religion is seen as dogmatic thing, but in vedas there are many lines saying that there is one truth but there are various ways to achieve that truth. So yeah.

[@thegamingforge8347]

@@amithmagajikondi69 the actual name of the religion is sanatan dharma.

[@raicooks1382]

​@@shubhamvyas3192it wsnt before. It is now. And we live in now. Hindi was not a language before. It is now

[@bhaskarm632]

Excellent 👍

[@deepasinghal4729]

and India continues to teach the world - Kautilya's teachings for experienced US War Colonels.

[@shankarmcbharat1013]

False pride madam... ;-) all creative work is derivative. Point to note however, philosophy in India was well developed back then. Debates were most prized events.

[@deepasinghal4729]

Shankar McBharat - Of course you know it all - Kautilya was not Indian but some alien who dropped on Earth through a UFO, and by your logic this professor is lying when he says Arthashastra is Indian statecraft *eye-roll*

[@diwakarmishra3350]

@@shankarmcbharat1013 you are moron .. just read his idea of india .. moron like you who try to separate anything good with sanatan civilization..

[@arishtanemi-by6fi]

@@shankarmcbharat1013 you are correct. Instead of taking what the forefathers gave us and taking it forward, we Indians are busy just sitting on false pride.

[@HG-hg1rb]

Idiotic SJW to the end.

[@siddislikesgoogle]

Could you please provide a link to his article? Great lecture thank you

[@bharthiae]

muse.jhu.edu/article/536780/pdf

[@arishtanemi-by6fi]

@@bharthiae thanks!

[@williamrodier3815]

[@mahabharat7743]

Chanakia spent his life in texila Pakistan

[@shankarmcbharat1013]

Congratulations! ;-)

[@jcd776]

Taksha-Sheela which is part of the Gandhara historic region, which was ruled by many ancient empires and kingdoms, including the Kuru empire of the Mahabharata, and now the area is part of the country called Pakistan.

[@mridulagrawal6687]

Therw was no Pakistan r even the concept,r even the cause of its creation,that's Islam,which wasn't created then

[@sameer-fk8oy]

There was no pakistan then 😂😂😂

[@keeya_ks]

You mean Pakistan that was Bharat therefore Bharat that you ripped apart to make a fake country and try claim ancient India as your own when it suits you and disown and malign Hindus and India when it suits you, you mean taxila which existed before your imported abrahamic faiths go back and learn real history not your fake history and propaganda you learn