Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c41.4

v2.c41.4

Weighing various arguments, H. Jacobi concluded and counselled: "without weighty arguments, one must not push aside the unanimous Indian tradition" (regarding the authorship and date of the *Arthaśāstra*). We are therefore on reliable grounds while placing *Arthaśāstra* in the early Maurya era of the late fourth century before Christ.