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Kautilya: Foreign Policy and International System in the Ancient Hindu World

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Kautilya is believed to have been Chanakya, a Brahmin who served as Chief Minister to Chandragupta (321–296 B.C.), the founder of the Mauryan Empire. Chandragupta gained his first successes, soon after the death of Alexander the Great, in campaigns against some of the satraps the Macedonian conqueror had established west of the Indus. He then turned against the Nanda Empire and succeeded in destroying it. The victory over the Nandas and his subsequent conquests gave him control over a large part of the Indian subcontinent, including the Ganges and Indus valleys and parts of the Deccan.

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  • Modelski, George, 1964. "Kautilya: Foreign Policy and International System in the Ancient Hindu World," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 58(3), pages 549-560, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:58:y:1964:i:03:p:549-560_08
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