Chanakya & Six Principles of Vedic Management

A great many books have been written about Chanakya, known also as Kautilya, Vishnu Gupta, and Vishnu Sharma. Having lived over 2,000 years ago his legend continues to fascinate numerous readers even to this day. Perhaps, unfortunately, he’s best known to have “avenged” the then ruler of Magadha – Dhanananda – by “helping” Chandragupta Maurya ascend to the throne. This presumed ability of his – vengeance – seems to be the most enthralling aspect to most people. His Arthashastra – a great many...