Back Chanakya AF Chanakya ALS Chanakya AN चाणक्य ANP تشانكيا Arabic تشاناكيا ARY تشانكيا ARZ চাণক্য AS Chanakia AST चाणक्य AWA
Chanakya | |
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 Chanakya as depicted on the cover of R. Shamasastry's 1915 translation of Arthashastra | |
| Born | 375 BCE,[citation needed] Chanaka village in Golla region, South India (Jain legends);[1] or in Takshashila (Buddhist legends)[2] |
| Died | |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist, chief advisor and the Prime Minister of the Chandragupta Maurya Empire |
| Known for | Prominent role in the foundation of the Maurya Empire Arthashastra Chanakyaniti |
| Predecessor | Position established |
| Relatives | Chanak (father) |
According to semi-legendary narratives, preserved in various variants, Chanakya (ISO: Cāṇakya, ) assisted the first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta in his rise to power and the establishment of the Maurya Empire. According to these narratives, Chanakya served as the chief advisor and Prime Minister of the both emperors Chandragupta Maurya and his son Bindusara.[3]
Chanakya was traditionally identified with Kauṭilya, the author of the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra.[4] The Arthashastra is now thought with high probability to have been composed by multiple authors during the early centuries of the common era—several centuries after the Mauryan period—the backdated identification with Chanakya to have served to add prestige to the work.[5][6][a]
- ^ Trautmann 1971, p. 21.
- ^ Trautmann 1971, p. 12.
- ^ "Mauryan Empire". National Geographic Society. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Mabbett, I. W. (1964). "The Date of the Arthaśāstra". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 84 (2). American Oriental Society: 162–169. doi:10.2307/597102. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 597102.
- ^ Olivelle 2013, Introduction.
- ^ Transaction and Hierarchy. Routledge. 9 August 2017. p. 56. ISBN 978-1351393966.
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