One day Chanakya returned to Magadha and challenged Dhanananda for dethrone and made one of his talented students Chandragupta Maurya, the king of Magadha. The main purpose of chanakya neeti was to pass on the knowledge on various aspects of life. The journey of chanakya life is very inspirational and also full of struggle and hard work. Apparently, Chanakya used these sutras to groom Chandragupta and other selected disciples in the art of ruling a kingdom.
It is his duty to maintain orderly administration. Self-dependent economy is the best economy; it should not be entirely dependent on exports. Everyone in the society should be equal with equal opportunities. It is necessary to have an effective land management policy for the development of the resources. The State should keep a constant watch on the agricultural development. The law of the land should be uniform for everyone.
The security of its residents should be a priority for the government. He helped Chandragupta Maurya to rise to power and to become one of the greatest kings in Indian History. Chanakya Neeti contains quotes about life, friendship, duty, nature, wife, children, money, business and all other things which are an important part of human life. Chanakya Neeti is for everyone, and anyone can read it and make there life successful.
It doesn't matter if you're a student or a teacher. Chanakya Neeti contains all the answer which leads you to success. Chanakya's numerous sayings on life and living — popularized in the wake of his successful strategy to put Chandragupta Maurya on the throne, if legend is to be believed — have been compiled in numerous collections and anthologies over time. This entire corpus was referred to as Chanakya Niti. These aphorisms, which continue to be recalled and quoted in many parts of India, primarily deal with everyday living: with family and social surroundings, friends and enemies, wealth and knowledge, and the inevitable end of everything.
They also advise on the good and bad in life, proper and improper conduct, and how to manage many difficult situations. Haksar's wonderful translation also places this work into context, showing how these verses have endured in the popular imagination for so long.
Skip to content. Chanakya Neeti. Author : B. Chanakya Neeti Book Review:. Sampurna Chanakya Neeti. Sampurna Chanakya Neeti Book Review:. Chanakya Neeti Illustrated Edition. Kautilya s Arthashastra. Author : Kau? Kautilya s Arthashastra Book Review:. Selected Gems Of Chanakya Neeti. It may be that Kautilya describes the fortress, its construction and plan from actual conditions, and not as mere theory. On that account it does not stand to reason that Kautilya has purely drawn his materials for the construction of a fortress from Pataliputra.
It may be that Pataliputra served him as the basis for constructing his theory of a fortress. But we cannot expect Kautilya who writes a general treatise on statecraft to follow the details and measurements of Pataliputra.
Though the Arthashastra was for the time being intended for Chandragupta, it was a textbook on Polity for all time, and for all kings, and for all places. Therefore Kautilya could not have prescribed only one standard the model of the fortress at Pataliputra. On the other hand he mentions different kinds of fortresses such as nadidurga, vanadurga with respective measurements in details.
Some may have four gates and some twelve gates. Some may have one trench around and others three trenches. It all depends on the environs and eminence where such fortress is erected. For the construction of a fortress is purely dependent on topographical and geographical circumstances.
By sheer accident, some measurements or details of Megasthenes may coincide with the Chanakya Niti description, as for example, Pataliputra in the form of a square, the wall of Arrian to the parikrama of the Chanakya Niti, etc. On this account we cannot proceed to compare the two because Kautilya is certainly not describing the fort at Pataliputra but is describing how and in what manner a fort could be erected at such and such a place.
Connected with this is the theory that as Kautilya does not mention Pataliputra he could not have been the Minister of Chandragupta. It is very probable that there was no occasion for Kautilya to mention his Capital city by this name. His purpose was to write a scientific treatise on administration which his King Chandragupta and his successors as well might use with profit and advantage to themselves.
In such a treatise there would certainly be no occasion for mentioning the city of Pataliputra, and the mere omission of this fact cannot be seriously advanced as an argument for or against establishing the authenticity of the work. Houses and property Megasthenes says that the houses and property of Indians were left generally unguarded. This observation is the outcome of the idealistic tendency of Megasthenes to establish the honesty of Indians. This does not mean that there was no theft of any kind or robbers of any sort.
Human nature being what it is, it is impossible to think of a state of affairs at any time and in any clime, where robbery was totally absent and where transparent honesty prevailed. What Megasthenes evidently means is that the administration of the land was under such powerful hands that none dared to commit crime of any sort.
Nothing more can be deduced from this statement. On Elephants Dr. Stein has examined at length the passages of the Chanakya Niti on elephants with the relevant statements of the Indika under different headings: a places where they are caught, b their height, c age, d hunting, e stalls, f size, g feeding, h training, f diseases and their remedy. It is gratifying to note that under almost all these items he finds more points of resemblance between the Greek account and the Arthashastra.
The minor differences under this section are with regard to age. According to Kautilya elephants which are 40 years old are the largest, those of 30 medium size, and those of 5 and 20 of the lowest class. But the Greek accounts refer to elephants aged and years.
Common sense tells us that this portion of the account must be an exaggeration, perhaps to glorify the importance of those animals for the state in respect of war, traffic, etc. It is unfortunate that such incorrect statements have found a place in their documents.
In regard to particulars about hunting, it is only a question of details which do not legitimately belong to the province of a work on polity. The fragments available do not furnish details in respect of the training, feeding, and housing of horses. In this connection it may be pointed out that the statement of Megasthenes that the elephants and horses were the monopoly of the king and that no private person had the right to enjoy them has been contradicted by other Greek writers.
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