Chandragupta Maurya and Kautilya — Key Judgments

Key Judgments

Scholarly Debate on Arthashastra Dating and Authorship

Late 19th - 21st Century

The discovery of the Arthashastra manuscript in 1904 by R. Shamasastry sparked intense academic debate regarding its authorship (whether by Kautilya/Chanakya/Vishnugupta, a single…

Interpretation of Megasthenes' Indica and its Reliability

Ongoing since antiquity

Megasthenes' Indica, though lost in its original form and known only through fragments in later Greek and Roman writings, is a crucial external account of Mauryan India. Its…