Basics
Structure
15 books (adhikaraṇa-s), 150 chapters (adhyāya) and 150 topics (prakaraṇa)
Year (Gregorian calendar)
c. 250
Name in local script
अर्थशास्त्र
Disciplines
Languages
Length
5392 sentences
Works
Adaptations of this work
Commentaries on this work
Kauṭilīyarājasiddhāntaṭīkā
Nayacandrikā
Jayamaṅgalā
Cāṇakyaṭīkā
Pratipadapañcikā
Mentions of this work
Manuscripts
Related Manuscripts
MS Patan JainBhandar 292
c. 1150
Incomplete
Devanagari
MS Trivandrum ORIML C. O. 2537
c. 1650
Complete
Malayalam
MS Munich BSB 335
1907
Complete
Devanagari
MS Mysore ORI P 3230
Complete
Grantha
Scholarship and Resources
Scholarship
Odds and Ends
More facts
Sources of Kauṭilya: ca. 50 BCE - 50 CE (Olivelle 2013, Intro.)
, Kauṭilya recension: ca. 50-125 CE (Olivelle 2013, Intro.)
, Śāstric redaction: ca. 175-300 CE (Olivelle 2013, Intro.)