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The Arthashastra is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military trategy authored by Chanakya (350-283 BCE).

Chanakya, also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta, was an adviser and a prime minister to the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta, and architect of his rise to power. Other important works of Chanakya are ‘Chanakya Sutras’ and ‘Chanakya Niti Darpanam’.

R. P. Kangle defines Arthashastra as “science of politics,” a treatise to help a king in “the acquisition and protection of the earth”. This text is divided into 15 books:

01 Concerning Discipline
02 The Duties of Government Superintendents
03 Concerning Law
04 The Removal of Thorns
05 The Conduct of Courtiers
06 The Source of Sovereign States
07 The End of the Six-Fold Policy
09 The Work of an Invader
10 Relating to War
12 Concerning a Powerful Enemy
13 Strategic Means to Capture a Fortress
14 Secret Means
15 The Plan of a Treatise

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125 Responses to “Arthashastra of Chanakya – English Translation”

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  15. M. Nageswara Rao says:

    Is the following verse from Kautilya’s Arthasastra? If not, what is its source?
    тАЬdhanam arjatu kaakutsa dhanam moolam idam jagat; antaram naiva janami nir dhanyasa mruthyasachaтАЭ

    Thank you.

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  47. sakthi says:

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  48. Lalit says:

    Hi

    Loved the blog and thanks for the great book..

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    Looking desperately for it..

    • bharateeya says:

      Lalit,

      Out of 3 volumes of Arthasastra translation by RP Kangale, first two are available at Digital Library of India. Links are given below.
      kautiliya arthasastra pt.2., 99999990840951. kangle, r.p.. 1963. english. ancient india, economic conditions. 640 pgs.
      the_kautiliya_arthasastra_part_1., 2020010008652. r p kangle. 1960. sanskrit. NULL. 388 pgs.

  49. Lalit says:

    Well thanks for the quick reply

    but i could not see/ download.. hence was the request

    also im more interested in Part III of the book ..

    if you could help me please…

  50. k srinivasarao says:

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    • bharateeya says:

      Srinivasa Rao, You may search at Digital Library of India – dli.gov.in
      Since I don’t know Telugu, I cannot help you much in this matter.

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  52. Aniruddh says:

    sir the link to download the Sanskrit edition is volume 1 2 3 right? but I have a doubt are they separate each analysed by separate authors or all are by same author! kindly reply! I wan to download the Sanskrit edition! also if they are of same author then till volume three u have uploaded right is it the end of arthashastra or more to come?

    • bharateeya says:

      Aniruddh, They are 3 volumes of the same set. They contain Arthasastra with Sanskrit commentary by T Ganapati Sastri published in Trivandrum Sanskrit Series.

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  60. waqar ahmad says:

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  67. farhaan ahmed says:

    Thanks indeed for sharing the link. Was wondering if there is an institute that teaches complete Arthashastra through online or maybe the traditional classroom? Finally, is there a link available to the english translation of Chanakya Neeti Shastra? If so, kindly share.

    Appreciate your favor

  68. kaleshwar says:

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  73. rajkumar dhurve says:

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  74. can anybody tEll me how many slokas have in arthashastra?

  75. devdas saket says:

    chankya and vidure niti and ethics

  76. manash says:

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  77. Revathi says:

    Very pleasure to see all your interests on Arthasastra…

    Bharateeya, Could you please send me the book in english translation

    My mail id is revathiviswa428@gmail.com

  78. Chinmay Mandal says:

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  79. Janardhan says:

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  80. Arun says:

    Hi sir

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  81. Rameshkumar says:

    I like this arthasastra books in English version could you please send me the Tamil version pdf file.

  82. Kanaga says:

    u did a great job, but i need both artha sasthra and niti sasthra in tamil, because, i get the information in my language, it will be more effective and truly understand the concept 100%. then only it will give the complete meaning to my life. please arrange and send it to my email id, expecting the books in tamil soon. thanks

  83. Madhavan says:

    Thnx for the priceless stuff.
    I’ve just got the book, is it all ?? Or is it having any more volumes ??

    And by the way,
    I hope you know Sanskrit, can I get the meanings of
    #Trinemri
    #Raagini
    #Vetrayasti
    !!??

    I know it’s totally stupid to ask you like this,but I’d be very much thankful to you.

    You can write me on WhatsApp @ +91 9494826558.

    or please, suggest me a book where I can get the meanings of the above words!!.

    • bharateeya says:

      You may refer to the website Sanskrit Lexicons – http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/

      • Madhavan says:

        No way!!
        You’re awesome.
        ? Thnx for writing back.
        I’m checking what the link you gave..
        In a sec..

        • Madhavan says:

          There are like 12 Sanskrit to English, and 3 English to Sanskrit and some special category dictionaries …
          Tried all.. found nothing..
          Thanks for your concern, could you tell anybook that contains Sanskrit plant names, please..
          Cause, all the three (Trinemri, Raagini, Vetrayasti) I wrote above are plants. I guess!!

          • bharateeya says:

            While searching in online dictionaries, spelling is very important.
            Vetrayashti is there in Monier Williams dictionary.

            Vetra-yaс╣гс╣нi, is, m. f. a staff of reed or cane.
            Ragini is Ragi (finger Millet) as per Sabdataravali, a Malayalam dictionary.

            I could not find the meaning of Trinemi (I think this could be the correct name).

            Giving below titles of some books dealing with Indian plants:
            1. Bharatiya Vanaushadhi by Biswas & Ghosh
            2. Flora and Fauna in Sanskrit Literature by SC Banerji

            In addition to the above there a number of books on Indian medicinal plants. You can find details by searching at worldcat.org.

            For such queries, the best place is Bharatiya Vidvat Parishat Google group. If you post a query in the group, the learned members of the group will help you.
            https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvparishat

          • Madhavan says:

            Thank you so much genius man!!

            I’ll find my way to thank you.. ? don’t freak out..
            I’ll get you some good books in a couple of months. See ya!!

  84. Vijayanirmaladevi m says:

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  88. Very good. Invaluable books, will convert into hard copy and read these. Thank you very much

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  90. V. Gopal Rao Achary says:

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  91. Harsha says:

    Thankyou very much sir. If possible pls re scan volume 3 the text is not clear in some areas. Thanks a lot ?

  92. Manohar Parajuli says:

    can you pls provide the publication date, printer, publisher and place

  93. Manohar Parajuli says:

    Thanks for sharing the great treatise on Hindu polity.
    can you please give information about Publication date, publisher and place.

  94. Manohar Parajuli says:

    Sorry Bharatiya, i was talking about one translated by Ramasastry. I am a Nepalese researcher on ancient Hindu polity. I would be glad if you email me this one written by R P Kangle. manoharparajuli@gmail.com

    • bharateeya says:

      This ebook was prepared using text available online nearly a decade back. You cannot use it for citing in research work. Regarding Kangle’s edition, are you unable to download it from the above link? Since the PDF files are of large size, it is difficult to send them by email.

  95. Jay Ramesh says:

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  96. Balaji Parthasarathy says:

    our Gratitude is with you for the splendid Selfless Service you are doing
    A big Thank you For all involved in Sanskrit E books

  97. What an honor to read the great book that was printed in 1924 at Trivandrum where I was born.

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