The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c11.s1.20

c11.s1.20

It was pointed out by Shamasastry that “the *Arthaśāstra* was, in its author’s own words, divided into fifteen books containing on the whole 150 chapters, which in 6,000 *granthas* (32 syllables = 1 *grantha*) deal with 180 themes.”