Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s5.66

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¹ A valuable commentary, called Nayachandrikā, by Mādhava Yajavā (composed perhaps in the South) on some chapters of Kautalya relating to foreign policy, negotiations and war has been discovered and printed in the second volume of Jolly's edition. For Kāmandaka, Nītisāra, XXII, 93; I, 21–60; II, 61–71; V, 37; I, 11, 14; XXXI, 54–68. Kāmandaka starts by saying that his 'Essence' is extracted out of the doctrines of Viṣṇu-Gupta which was another designation of Kautalya (I, 2–7). In the Hindu scheme of authorities, the Smritis are always preferred to Arthaśāstras, but Kāmandaka more than once rejects Manu and the Mānavas in favour of Kautalya. Thanks to his style, Kāmandaka enjoyed considerable vogue, not only in India but also among the Indian emigrants to the island of Bali. See Dr. Frederick's Report on the Sanskrit Literature of Bali to the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences. R. Mitra, M. N. Dutt and B. K. Sarkar hold that the work was taken to Bali in the 4th century A.D., but J. Jolly (Introduction to Kautalīya Arthaśāstra, pp. 6–8) is inclined to place the author in the 8th century A.D. Winternitz arrives at the same conclusion.