Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s1.5

c32.s1.5

*Jolly's Conclusion*—"The real author" therefore "was a theoretician, no statesman but perhaps an official in a state of medium size" (p. 47). 'The ascription of the work to K. or Chāṇakya was entirely due to the myths current regarding that fabulous minister who was looked upon as the master and creator of the art of polity and as the author of all the floating wisdom on the subject of Nīti' (p. 47).