Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.27

c11.27

But there is no denying the fact that, like so many other works, the *Arthaśāstra* may have been recast in later times. Therefore the problem is to find out the later accretions made to the primary kernel.³ Books II and III of the *Arthaśāstra* seem to contain genuine Mauryan reminiscences, and are mainly used in the present chapter.