In 1992, American scholar George Tanham stirred up a hornets’ nest when he charged in an essay that Indians lacked tradition of strategic thinking. Many Indian scholars countered him pointing out ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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" ...

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 ...