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The Mauryan Polity c12.93

The Mauryan Polity c12.93

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c12.93

(ii) The *Upādhyāyanirapekṣaṭikā* on the *Kāmandakinitisāra*³ designates the *Arthaśāstra* as *Kauṭalyabhāṣya*⁴; and what is more remarkable, it calls the author of the *Kāmasūtra*, *asmadguru*, identifying thus Vātsyāyana with Kauṭalya.