Kautilya's Theory Of Machiavelli
At the time of Chandragupta behind all these managerial initiatives one man named Kautilya remained always active and responsible.He was also called Vishnugupta or Chanakya and famous for his pedantry and book ‘Arthasastra’as George remarks in his ‘The History Of Management Thought’ that although many individual today know of Machiavelli,few have heard of Kautilya,his counterpart,who predated him by two thousand years.He was a great scholar who played a dominant part in the establishment ,growth,and preservation of the Indian Empire during the forth century BC.’(p-18) ‘The main theme of his book is the political, social, and economic management of the state.Dealing with a large variety of subjects,he covers almost every aspect of the theory
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The interior of the kingdom shall be watched by trap-keepers (vágurika), archers(sábara), hunters (pulinda), chandálas, and wild tribes (aranyachára). Those who perform sacrifices (ritvik), spiritual guides ,priests, and those learned in the Vedas shall be granted Brahmadaya lands yielding sufficient produce and exempted from taxes and fines (adandkaráni).’[Bk-II,Ch-I,p:60-61] However,after Chandragupta came the name of the great emperor Asoka,the grand son of Chandragupta,as he not only extended the empire of his grandfather and father Bindusara but also upheld the religious ideology along with the administration of empire.In his time he implemented the system of training the employees along with developing their ethical aspects,truthfulness,attitude to respect parents and elders,ability to respect all creatures.For his religious zeal towards Buddhism the influence of this religion spread over different countries such as Cylon, Burma, Siam, Cambodia, China, Korea, Mongolia,Tibet and Japan later on.But after his death this civilization of Maurya period could not rise like before.Through the period of foreigner kushans the ancient period of India came to an end.However,in south Asia another civilization regarded to be prominent was Gaṅgāridāi civilization where two river—Ganges and Brahmaputra—met
The interior of the kingdom shall be watched by trap-keepers (vágurika), archers(sábara), hunters (pulinda), chandálas, and wild tribes (aranyachára). Those who perform sacrifices (ritvik), spiritual guides ,priests, and those learned in the Vedas shall be granted Brahmadaya lands yielding sufficient produce and exempted from taxes and fines (adandkaráni).’[Bk-II,Ch-I,p:60-61] However,after Chandragupta came the name of the great emperor Asoka,the grand son of Chandragupta,as he not only extended the empire of his grandfather and father Bindusara but also upheld the religious ideology along with the administration of empire.In his time he implemented the system of training the employees along with developing their ethical aspects,truthfulness,attitude to respect parents and elders,ability to respect all creatures.For his religious zeal towards Buddhism the influence of this religion spread over different countries such as Cylon, Burma, Siam, Cambodia, China, Korea, Mongolia,Tibet and Japan later on.But after his death this civilization of Maurya period could not rise like before.Through the period of foreigner kushans the ancient period of India came to an end.However,in south Asia another civilization regarded to be prominent was Gaṅgāridāi civilization where two river—Ganges and Brahmaputra—met