[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) › c12.68 # The Mauryan Polity c12.68 The Mauryan Polity c12.68 - **Language:** English ### [c12.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.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:— - [Previous: c12.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.67) - [Next: c12.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.69) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.68) · Pramāṇa