Chanakya

Published: 04.12.2008

Lifetime

Born: 350 BCE
Passed away: 283 BCE

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Sanskrit: चाणक्य Cāṇakya) (c. 350-283 BCE)

Chanakya was an adviser and a prime minister to the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta (c. 340-293 BC), and architect of his rise to power. Kautilya and Vishnugupta, the names by which the political treatise Arthaśhāstra identifies its author, are traditionally identified with Chanakya. Some scholars consider Chanakya to be "the pioneer economist of the world".  Chanakya was a professor at Takshashila University and is widely believed to be responsible for the creation of Mauryan empire, the first of its kind on the Indian subcontinent.

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