Does the New Delhi government follow the policies advocated in “Arthashastra,” an ancient Indian treatise, in its foreign policy? This is a debate that has been going on for quite a while. My answer ...

Wendy Doniger’s new book 'Beyond Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics' is published in India by Speaking Tiger. Read Less American Indologist Wendy Doniger revisits the ...

Today's column has helped me touch a milestone: It's the 150th Wealth Script to appear in this paper. I thank all of you readers for the constant feedback and tremendous support that brought about ...

We can describe the discovery of the Arthashastra as a fortunate accident, happening as it did in 1905. The first Sanskrit edition, published in 1909, was very timely. The new century had barely ...

Deepa Agarwal; and the cover of The Arthashastra for Children. Deepa Agarwal's new book The Arthashastra for Children (Puffin, 2023) attempts to acquaint young readers with the ancient treatise on ...

Growing up, our history books and teachers repeatedly taught us that India was a thriving exporter, its trade routes stretching across continents. We learnt about spices, especially pepper and ...

Discovering "Arthashastra" was a revelation, says Bill Gates aide David Christian New Delhi: For David Christian, co-founder of The Big History Project with Bill Gates, discovering the "Arthashastra" ...

Over the past year I have been musing, quite regretfully in fact, that our country can only be described as a functioning anarchy. No longer can we pride ourselves that we live in a properly governed ...

Although there is no consensus on the subject, it is generally agreed that ‘Arthashastra’, a seminal treatise on statecraft and economics, was penned by the Indian administrator Kautilya in the third ...