[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) › c12.83 # The Mauryan Polity c12.83 The Mauryan Polity c12.83 - **Language:** English ### [c12.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.83) To repeat the remark of Dr. Winternitz again “the very name Kauṭilya never called Cāṇakya and only once Viṣṇugupta raises great doubts.”⁵ There seems to be no necessity for a doubt for obvious reasons. It has been already shown that Kauṭilya with vowel ‘i’ in the middle is a misspelling and Kauṭalya with vowel ‘a’ is the right spelling. Viṣṇugupta is his own name perhaps given by - [Previous: c12.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.82) - [Next: c12.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.84) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.83) · Pramāṇa