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# Kautilya (Kauṭilya)

Author of the Arthaśāstra, traditionally the Brahmin minister of Candragupta Maurya.

## Works (1)

- [Kautilya's Arthashastra (Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Sanskrit; 88–238 CE

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