Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.s20.1

c11.s20.1

There is not, and probably there never will be, a general agreement about the date and authorship of the *Arthaśāstra* of Kauṭilya; but doubts regarding the age and genuineness of the work have not been allowed to hinder the free use of the book in studies on Mauryan administration and society.