Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.10

c8.10

Kauṭilya concludes with the following wise saying: "Even if the king is possessed of a small territory (*alpadeśopi*), if he is possessed of the other elements of sovereignty, he will make himself invincible and will be able to conquer the whole earth [*Ib.*]." This is an incentive to the conquests which Kauṭilya had in view for his protege, Chandragupta.