Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.14

c8.14

¹ Ibid., 7–9; tr., 8–10. As Jolly and Schmidt (Arthaśāstra, Vol. II, p. 3) point out Ānvīkṣakī was sometimes identified with the Lokāyata system. Rāmāyaṇa, II, 100, 38. Kautalya’s mention of it is another indication of his secularist learning. It is significant that Kautalya begins by invoking Śukra and Bṛhaspati, two of the traditional founders of Arthaśāstra schools.