[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) › c12.93 # The Mauryan Polity c12.93 The Mauryan Polity c12.93 - **Language:** English ### [c12.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.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. - [Previous: c12.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.92) - [Next: c12.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.94) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12) ## Cites (3) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.93) · Pramāṇa