Were Chanakya and Kautilya different? There is a significant debate on this issue

Having been introduced to Arthashastra by the Rangarajan translation, I was under the  impression that Chankya and Kautilya are the same person. As Rangarajan states in his book: All sources of Indian tradition— Brahmanical, Buddhist and Jain—agree that Kautilya (also referred to as Vishnugupta in a stanza traditionally included at the end of the work) […]
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Published on March 14, 2018 15:24
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