Public Administration in Ancient India c4.3

c4.3

¹ Chānakya says, “Ānvīkṣikī (Philosophy), Trayī (the Vedas), Vārttā (Economics), and Daṇḍanīti (the Science of Government) are the four sciences.” Arthaśāstra, Bk. I. ch. 1. The Mahābhārata, the Kāmandaki, and the Sukranīti follow Chānakya’s classification, and use almost identical words. According to the school of the Mānavas there are only three sciences—the Vedas, Economics, and Politics; the school of Brihaspati reduces the sciences to two, namely, Economics and Politics, while that of Usanas regards the Science of Government as the only science, all other branches of knowledge being dependent on it.