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CHAPTER 2
CANAKYA: REFLECTED IN THE BRAHMANIC SOURCES
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[1] The Mahabhārata (Ādiparva)
[2] Rājarṣi Cāṇakya in the Skandapurāṇa and the Matsyapurāṇa
[3] Cāṇakya's single-line references in the Viṣṇupurāṇa, the Vāyupurāṇa and the Matsyapurāṇa
[4] The story of Caṇakya in the Kathāsaritsāgara
[5] The Bṛhatkathāmañjarī of Kṣemendra
[6] A brief review of Cāṇakya's personality in the brahmanic
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