Indian foreign policy in light of Kautilya’s Arthashastra on April 17, 2019Kautilya, popularly known as Chanakya, was an adviser and minister of King Chandragupta Maurya. He advocated unification of India, centralized government, acquisition and maintenance of military might and geographic expansion. He counted territory towards a nation’s material wealth. As a matter of realpolitik, Kuatilya advocated rational decision making to confront the contemporary challenges. Arthashastra, written […]