ARTHASHASTRA REVISITED – ETHICAL GOVERNANCE IN THE EDGE OF GEOPOLITICAL TURBULENCE

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Bharat Brain Trust,

Edited By: Dr. Joydeb Patra, Dr. Prodipta Barman, Dr. Tamal Gupta

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69889/IMBS.978-81-965700-1-9

ISBN: 978-81-965700-1-9

Since the dawn of time, people have been attempting to figure out who should be in charge and how to wield that power. Leaders and philosophers have always tried to establish a middle ground between what people need and what is right, between what is ideal and what is true. This has always been true, even in the old Greek capital cities and the imperial palaces of China and India. Kautilya's Arthashastra is one of the few works from this very old school that has been as important and long as it has been. People commonly think of this book, which came out about the third century BCE, as a compendium of ideas about how to run a government, deal with other people, run an economy, and fight a battle. It advises rulers how to run their kingdoms, keep them rich, and use their power wisely