Kautilya, also remembered as Chanakya, set down a working manual for rulers more than two thousand years ago, and this Bengali edition brings that manual to readers in their own language. Statecraft, revenue, law and war are treated as parts of one system rather than separate subjects.
The treatise moves through administration, taxation, trade regulation, intelligence gathering, alliances and the conduct expected of officials, arguing throughout that power is maintained by method rather than sentiment. Its blend of ethical reasoning and hard practicality is what keeps it in print alongside later strategists.
A closer look:
• Ancient Indian thinking on governance rendered in Bengali
• Sections covering law, revenue, espionage and military affairs
• Early treatment of realist politics centuries before Machiavelli
• Reference value for essays on classical Indian civilisation
Well suited to students of political science and history, and to readers of Sun Tzu and Thucydides looking for an Indian counterpart, available through Boipoka.
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