[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Mauryan Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932) › c12.32 # The Mauryan Polity c12.32 The Mauryan Polity c12.32 - **Language:** English ### [c12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.32) In the light of this can we still maintain that \*Iti Kauṭalyaḥ\* is a serious argument against the authenticity of the work? We cannot follow Prof. Keith when he advances the argument that under the explanation of the term \*apadeśa\* in the last book of the \*Arthaśāstra\* is cited one of Kauṭalya’s sentences from which the \*prima facie\* conclusion is that Kauṭalya is cited as an authority and not as the author.¹ The passage is as follows:— - [Previous: c12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.31) - [Next: c12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.33) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.32) · Pramāṇa