[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914) › c3.3 # Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c3.3 Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c3.3 - **Language:** English ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c3.3) In the following pages an attempt will be made to summarize the arguments which may be advanced in support of the traditional and widely current view that the \*Arthaśāstra\* of Kauṭilya is the work of Châṇakya, the Minister of Chandra Gupta, and therefore belongs to the fourth century B.C. - [Previous: c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c3.2) - [Next: c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c3.4) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c3.3) · Pramāṇa