tailieunhanh - Kautilya’s Arthasastra (300 B.C.): Economic IdeasRatan Lal Basu

Kautilya’s Arthasastra (300 .): Economic Ideas Ratan Lal Basu Copyright 2011 Ratan Lal Basu Smashwords Edition Smashwords Edition, License Notes Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, it remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at , where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support. Contents Preface I: Environment & Ecology II: Empowerment of Women III: Price Policy IV: Agriculture and Land Use. | Kautilya s Arthasastra 300 . Economic Ideas Ratan Lal Basu Copyright 2011 Ratan Lal Basu Smashwords Edition Smashwords Edition License Notes Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book it remains the copyrighted property of the author and may not be reproduced copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book please encourage your friends to download their own copy at where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support. Contents Preface I Environment Ecology II Empowerment of Women III Price Policy IV Agriculture and Land Use V Craft Industries VI. Role of the State Sector VII. Taxation Fiscal Policy VIII. Division of Labor Notes References The Author Preface Study of this book would give the reader a complete grasp over the economic ideas delineated in the Arthasastra composed around 300 . in India by Kautilya a great Brahmin scholar and the Prime Minister of the Maurya king. To enable free reading the English translations of the supporting excerpts from the original text has been relegated to the end of the book under notes . The interested reader may digress to the notes at anytime he likes to get the ideas expressed in this book substantiated by the text. Although American spelling has been used throughout the main book the British spelling in the quotations from the text under notes has been kept intact. However some diacritical marks in the English rendering of Kangle which are likely to corrupt the file has been avoided. Kautilya s Arthasastra is a famous treatise of ancient India. It was composed around 300 . The author Kautilya also known as Chanakya and Vishnugupta was a great Brahmin scholar and a teacher of statecraft which in those days embraced economics politics war science espionage and various aspects of religious and social life. Artha in the narrow sense means money but in the wider sense it means all material means to meet