Synopsis
Chanakya Neeti, a
non-fiction philosophical guide book kingpins on the teachings of Chanakya traditionally identified as Kautilya or Vishnu Gupta, an Indian teacher, philosopher and royal advisor during the reign of the Maurya Dynasty in India. He managed the first Maurya emperor Chandragupta's rise to power at a young age. He has played an important role in the establishment of the Maurya Empire, which was the first empire in archaeologically recorded history to rule most of the Indian subcontinent. Chanakya authored the ancient Indian political treatise called Arthasastra. As such, he is considered as the pioneer of the field of economics and political science in India, and his work is thought of as an important precursor to Classical Economics. This book is an exposition on the ideal way of life, and shows Chanakya's deep study of the Indian way of life. He also developed the Neeti-Sutras (aphorisms-pithy sentences) that tell people how they should behave. Of these well-known 455 sutras, about 216 refer to Rajaneeti (the do's and don'ts of running a kingdom). Apparently, Chanakya used these sutras to groom Chandragupta and other selected disciples in the art of ruling a kingdom.
About the Author
R. P. Jain is an Indian Sanskrit scholar and writer. He is broadly interested in the Vedic Sciences and has written widely on them.
