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ARMY PROBLEM IN KAUTILYA'S ARTHASASTRA: AN OBJECTION
Dhananjaya Bhanja
Politics plays a crucial role in a country to establish its proper ruling system. Generally. when a state faces a problem either external aggression or internal affair then proper use of politics leads to proper reconciliation The concept of politics is as old as the civilization of man. In order to maintain mutual understanding and relationship between the countries, one has to use politics in a tactful manner, i.e. one has to be a good diplomat.
In any country, whether developed or a developing one, the foremost duty of a king or a ruler is the protection of his kingdom (country or state). For that, he has to utilise his defence forces in order to get a bold over his strong opponents. This can also be done through diplomacy, i.e. in turn through politics.
In contrast to the prevailing conditions of today, in olden days, the kings were less guided by politics. They must have been great politicians, but their political knowledge did not come into force in course of the administration of their kingdom and hence mostly they had to adopt and rely upon their army-men with great respect for protecting their motherland.
Today the opponent is pleased or is made to surrender not through battle and fighting on the buitle field but through political/ diplomatic talks. Politics today has come to provide safety and security to common man.
Kautilya's Arthaśāstra, a magnus opus, is the present example for its clear existence. It is followed by modern politicians as a major sword to fight against injustice. The common meaning of Arthaśāstra is usually taken as the 'science of money' and economics but in particular its meaning goes beyond this and it tells us as a Science of tricks' that is māyāśāstra or upāyavijñāna."
Out of 15 adhikaranas and so many chapters we have chosen the 133th chapter from 8th adhikarana for the present paper, which discusses on the different calamities of the army and other army problems. In this context, one can easily accept the theories of Kauțilya, regarding employment of Army, in the separate groups for
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| SR No. | 524588 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 1996 07 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Parmeshwar Solanki |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 1996 |
| Total Pages | 204 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 8 MB |