The Mauryan Polity c12.68

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c12.68

If this were his policy, it may not be far wrong to state that he could have been the author of a Dharmaśāstra, Arthaśāstra, Kāmaśāstra, and Mokṣaśāstra as well. There is therefore some justification for the assumption that Kauṭalya was no other than Vātsyāyana, the author of the Kāmasūtra. The following coincidences endorse our statement:—

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