![]() It may be that Kautilya was aware of it and he had no occasion to mention it. And it is argued that in the Kautilya the road which goes from west to east is not the royal road but the high road which is a trade route. According to Megasthenes, “The length from west to east as far as Palibothra can be stated with greater certainty, for the royal road is measured by schoni, and is in length 10,000 stadia.” The Greek expression in the Indika means the Indian raja marga or royal road. The Chanakya Niti & Megasthenes’ Indika – ComparisonĪmong the public institutions examined by Stein are first the roads. In this particular the plan followed is to a large extent that of Otto Stein in his Megasthenes and Kautilya where he has exhaustively dealt with this question. An endeavor is made here to examine briefly the differences and the similarities between Megasthenes’ Fragments and the Kautilya and see how the differences so called are really minor and mostly imaginative. Here we will look at how these differences are not really differences. ![]() His name Chanakya probably derives from his father’s name, Chanaka. He was named Vishnugupta, and belonged to the Kutala clan and was thus also called Kautilya. Sometimes, this argument is used to prove that Chanakya did not in fact exist, and that Chanakya was in fact a real individual. Through Chanakya policy, the identification of friend-discrimination to enemy, discrimination between husband-loving and characterless women, the duty of the king and the rights of the people and the caste system gets a proper solution.Certain Western scholars often bring up the contradictions between Megasthenes works on the Mauryan Empire under Chandragupta, and the works of the Chanakya Niti and Arthashastra as written by Chanakya. The founder of the Maurya Empire, Chanakya became world famous as a skilled politician, astute diplomat, and a great economist.Įven after passing so many centuries, if the principles and policies told by Chanakya are relevant, then only because he expressed the invaluable knowledge acquired from his deep studies, contemplation and life experiences, completely selflessly for the purpose of human welfare. Acharya Chanakya was such a great personality, who changed the course of Indian history on the strength of his scholarship, intelligence and ability. ![]() “Chanakya Niti” is a wonderful collection of policies of Acharya Chanakya, which is as relevant today as it was two thousand four hundred years ago, when it was written. You can download the Chanakya Niti Ebook in Hindi for free using the direct download link given at the bottom of this page. ![]()
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