Another indologist, heinrich zimmer, describes arthashastra as the manual. Saptanga is the symbol of state, which stands for a territorial society. In the indian philosophy, the objective of every being is the pursuit of dharma. Kautilyas arthasastra on war and diplomacy in ancient india. In kautilya s arthashastra, there is no explicit theory of social contract as laid down by the contractualist. For kautilya as the founder of a number of economic theories and concepts see balbir singh. Sharma are of the view that kautilya s janapada includes not only territory but also population. How kautilyas arthashastra shaped the telling of ancient indian history. The mauryan era of ancient india gave the world a significant treatise, the arthashastra of kautilya. Saptrang theory of kautilya theory of state be kautilya. A community for the upsc civil services ias and other aspirants, to discuss and debate the various things related to the ias exam.
The kautilyaarthashastra and core concepts of intelligence analysis speaker. Aspirant forum a community for the upsc civil services. Kautilya s arthashastra and indian security policy. During tirnes of war, durgct served ttre pllrpose of defence installatioit. Abstract kautilya was the key adviser to the indian king chandragupta maurya c. There is no doubt that the saptanga theory as given by kautilya was almost. Mr michael liebig, doctoral candidate, goethe university, frankfurt. They are as follow i swami the ruler ii amatya the minister. A single platform where u can get concepts with notes for hons students and upsc ps as optional subject. Kautilya elaborately refers to the kautilyas arthasastra 4th century b. Class 9 kerala board kautilya and the saptanga theory. Arthasastra is an ancient indian sanskrit treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy. Here, jana denotes people and pada is a symbol of territory where these inhabitants permanently reside.
Pdf kautilyas saptang theory nitish yadav academia. Kautilya had discussed about states origin, nature and working. Kautilya madal concept is based on self sufficient villages, he has give the foundation of state working called at chanakya neeti. Kautilya and nonwestern ir theory by deepshikha shahi idsa.
Kautilya builds up his theory of the state as an organic entity on the basis of seven elements, which he describes in his arthashastra as saptanga. Shahi firmly rejects such mechanisticgeometrical understanding of kautilyas mandala scheme. Kautilya enumerated seven prakritis or essential organs of the state. The seven elements, despite being enumerated separately, stand in the closest possible relation to one another and are in themselves mutually serviceable.
In regarding to origin of state he accepted the theory of socialcohesion. An introduction to kautilya and his arthashastra request pdf. Kautilya, also identified as vishnugupta and chanakya, is traditionally. Class9 kerala board kautilya and the saptanga theory learnnext offers animated video lessons with neatly explained examples, study material, free ncert solutions, exercises and tests. How kautilyas arthashastra shaped the telling of ancient.
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