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²¹ The material of the *Śukranīti* has been extensively utilized in B. B. Dutt: *Town planning in Ancient India* (Calcutta 1925) and P. N. Bose: *Principles of Indian Śilpaśāstras* (Lahore 1926). The English translation of *Śukranīti* has been made use of in the most varied forms by students of all sorts of economic, political and social topics during the last quarter of the present century. One is convinced that while the *Kauṭalīya Arthaśāstra* has given rise to researches with special reference to politics, the angles from which the *Śukranīti* have been attacked, thanks to the encyclopædic character of its contents, have been most extensive and diverse. It is possible to assert that in certain fields recent indology has been virtually dominated by Kauṭalya and Śukra. It is worth mentioning and curious at the same time that although *Kāmandakīnīti* was rendered available in English in 1896 it has failed as yet to evoke considerable interest among scholars. See also the chapter on "The Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya and the Nītiśāstra of Śukra" in A. K. Sen: *Studies in Hindu Political Thought* (Calcutta 1926), pp. 135-179.