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Chanakya

For other uses, see Chanakya (disambiguation).

Acharya
Chanakya
Chanakya as depicted on the cover of R. Shamasastry's 1915 translation of Arthashastra
Born
375 BCE,[citation needed] Chanaka village in Golla region, South India (Jain legends);[1]
or in Takshashila (Buddhist legends)[2]
Died
283 BCE,[citation needed] Pataliputra, Maurya Empire
Occupations
Known forProminent role in the foundation of the Maurya Empire
Arthashastra
Chanakyaniti
PredecessorPosition established
RelativesChanak (father)

Chanakya (ISO: Cāṇakya, pronunciationⓘ), according to legendary narratives[a] preserved in various traditions dating from the 4th to 11th century CE, was a Brahmin who assisted the first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta in his rise to power and the establishment of the Maurya Empire. According to these narratives, Chanakya served as the chief adviser and prime minister to both emperors Chandragupta Maurya and his son Bindusara.[3]

Conventionally, Chanakya was identified with Kauṭilya and synonymously Vishnugupta, the author of the ancient Indian politico-economic treatise Arthashastra.[4] Arthashastra is now thought with high probability to have been composed by multiple authors during the early centuries of the common era—several centuries after the Mauryan period—the backdated identification with Chanakya to have served to add prestige to the work.[5][6][b]

  1. ^ Trautmann 1971, p. 21.
  2. ^ Trautmann 1971, p. 12.
  3. ^ "Mauryan Empire". National Geographic Society. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ Mabbett, I. W. (1964). "The Date of the Arthaśāstra". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 84 (2). American Oriental Society: 162–169. doi:10.2307/597102. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 597102.
  5. ^ Olivelle 2013, Introduction.
  6. ^ Transaction and Hierarchy. Routledge. 9 August 2017. p. 56. ISBN 978-1351393966.


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