War in Ancient India c11.43

c11.43

In the foregoing texts there is a very important term, *upadhā*. The term *upadhā* anticipates the diplomatic code of Kauṭalya. The theory has been propounded that Kauṭalya is a close follower of the school of Kaṇika and that his principles are Machiavellian.¹⁶