Kautilya arthashastra penguin pdf

Some of Kautilya's classical and enduring a phorisms are: "What produces unfavourable results is bad policy: that is a policy to be judged by the results it produces, and diplomacy is not concerned with ideals but with achieving practical results for the state".9 Another quotation by Kautilya which has a universal R. Shamasastry-Kautilya's Arthashastra (1915).pdf: 2.11 MB: Adobe PDF: View/Open Kautilya and Arthashastra.pdf - MANAS Social Sciences School Los Medanos College. Course Title HISTORY 039. Uploaded By LieutenantRabbitPerson548. Pages 2. This preview shows page 1 - 2 out of 2 pages. View full document. Much of our knowledge about state policy under the Mauryas comes from the Arthashastra written by Kautilya (more popularly The Arthashastra Penguin classics Penguin classics: Politics-economics: Author: Kauṭalya: Editor: L. N. Rangarajan: Translated by: L. N. Rangarajan: Compiled by: L. N. Rangarajan: Contributor: L. N. Rangarajan: Edition: illustrated, reprint: Publisher: Penguin Books India, 1992: Original from: the University of Michigan: Digitized: Oct 9, 2008: ISBN: 0140446036, 9780140446036: Length