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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
[1] How my attention was drawn towards this subject ?
[2] The rationale behind the present exploration
[3]
The starting point of the authentic history of India
Travel-accounts of the foreigners and the discovery of the Arthaśāstra
[4] Whether Kautilya is the author of the Arthaśāstra or not?
[5] Decreasing popularity of the Arthaśāstra in the brahmanic
literature
