The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c11.s1.12

c11.s1.12

So much for the date. In regard to the authenticity of the *Arthaśāstra* Shamasastry referred to the subsequently oft-quoted passage in Dandin's *Daśakumāracharita* (II. viii) as well as Kāmandaka's glorification of Viṣṇugupta at the commencement of his *Nītisāra*. He considered the *Kāmandakīnīti* to be "earlier than the fourth century A.C." In addition he drew attention to the *Panchatantra* (ch, I) and Somadeva's *Nītivākyāmrita* as alluding to the *Kauṭalīya Arthaśāstra*.