The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c13.6

c13.6

It is on this side that the case of the *Arthaśāstra* is still largely open. Though the philological study of the text has made significant progress,¹ we are, I feel, still very much in the dark about the purpose, the raison d'être of the work, or more succinctly: What is the problem that it tries to answer?