War in Ancient India c11.s1.2

c11.s1.2

We now proceed to refer to some of the diplomatic relations which existed between India and the outer world. The picture presented in the epics and the *Arthaśāstra* literature seems to be confined to the four corners of this Bharatakhaṇḍa. It is difficult to say whether India had any international relations with the outside world. The intercourse as envisaged in the literature, shows relations to be more commercial than political in character. But political relations with foreign countries became a matter of importance from the epoch of Chandragupta Maurya, if not earlier.