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# Canakya (Cāṇakya)

Legendary minister of Candragupta Maurya, to whom the Arthaśāstra and gnomic collections are ascribed.

## Works (1)

- [Maxims of Cāṇakya (Cāṇakyanīti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.canakyaniti) — Sanskrit; 850 CE

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