Unparralled

diplomat:
Chanakya
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A man is great by
deeds, not by birth.
Chanakya

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A recap of
Chanakya’s
biography

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 Introduction

Chanakya was an ancient royal advisor, economist, Indian teacher,

philosopher and jurist. His sensibility, merit, attitude, skills of
management; policy, administration; strategy of war and various other
aspects are mentioned in this book. He was an unparalleled kind of
personality leaving no one to compete with him. He has written
‘Arthashastra’ and ‘Nitishastra’ which has made him a never ending
phenomena. No one could identify what was going on his mind. He was
very secretive and far sighted. He had mastered each and every branch
of knowledge. He is considered as a political treatise, the Arthashastra.
He was also known by Kautilya or Vishnugupta. His father was Chanak
and was a well known Brahmin.

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He plays an important role in the establishment of

the Maurya Empire. He succeeded in throwing the
Nanda Dynasty and putting Chandragupta the real
king to the throne by his far sighted mind. He
served as the chief advisor to both emperors
Chandragupta and his son Bindusara. His works
were lost near the end of the Gupta Empire in the
6th century. There were five schools of thoughts of
Arthashastra as per Kautilya; Brihaspati,
Ushanas, Prachetasa, Manu, Parashara and
Ambhi.
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 Some of Sri Chanakya Niti-Shastra

1. Do not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot

earn your livelihood, have no friends, or cannot acquire
knowledge.
2. Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor ever trust and
ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring
all your secrets to light.
3. Those parents who do not educate their sons are their enemies;
for as is a crane among swans, so are ignorant sons in a public
assembly.
4. He who regards another’s wife as his mother, the wealth that
doesn't belong to him as a lump of mud, and the pleasure and
pain of all other living beings as his own- truly sees things in the
right perspective, as he is a true pandit.
5. We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious
about the future; men of discernment deal only with present
moment.
And so on….
 A short summary
• The book goes into detail into ascertaining(making sure) by temptations Purity or
impurity in the character of ministers. The institution of spies, protection of parties for
or against one's own cause in one's own state, winning over the factions for or against
an enemy causing an enemy state. The business of council meeting. The mission of
envoys, prediction of Princess, The conduct of a Prince kept under restraint and the
treatment of real restraint. Prince, the duties of a king, duty towards heaven, personal
safety, protection of artisans, Protection of merchants, remedies against national
calamities, Suppression of the wicked. Living by foul means, examination of sudden
death, trial and torture to elect confession, protection of all kinds of government
departments, finds in Leo and the mutilation of limbs, death, with or without torture,
punishment for violating justice, etc.
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Some of Chanakya’s Arthashastra
• In the concerning discipline of Kautilya’s Arthashratra there are various life lessons.
• Determination of the place of the Triple Vedas. The three Sama, Rik and Yajus,
constitute the triple Vedas. These together with Atharvaveda and the Itihasaveda are
known as the Vedas.In concerning discipline of Kautilya’s Arthashratra the disciples
widely proclaim that ‘this ascetic is an accomplished expert of preternatural powers’In
the chapter there is information about the cats, peacocks, mongoose, and the spotted
deer eating up snakes. Kautilya used to say the prince could go towards hunting,
gambling, liquor, women and instigate him to attack his own father.

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• Alarmed persons may be won over by telling that just as a hidden snake bites and emits
poison over whatever alarms it, so the king apprehensive of danger from thee will ere
long emit the poison of his resentment on thee, so thou mayest better go elsewhere.
Similarly ambitious persons may be won over by telling that just a cow reared by dog-
keepers gives milk to dog but not to Brahmans, so this king gives milk(rewards)to those
who are devoid of velour, foresight, eloquence and bravery, but not to those who are
possessed of noble character; so the other king who is possessed of power to
discriminate men from men may be courted. The school of Manu say that the assembly
of ministers shall be made to consist of twelve members. The school of Brihaspathi say
that it shall consist of sixteen members. The school of Usans say that it shall consist
twenty members.

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 Continued…
• But Kautilya holds that it shall consists of as many members as the needs of his
dominion require. When a king has an only son who is either devoid of worldly
pleasures or is a favorite child, the king may keep him under chains. If a king has many
sons, he may send some of them to where there is no heir apparent, nor a child either ju
born or in the embryo. IF king has an only son of last type, he attempts shall be made
procreating a son to him; or sons may be begotten on his daughters. Poisonous snakes
will not dare to enter into such buildings as are provided with Jivanti ,Sveta, and
vandaka, and as are protected by the branches of pejata and of asvattha. Thus remedies
shall be applied against fire and poison. On one side in the rear of the harem,there shal
be made for the residence of women compartments provided not only with all kinds of
medicines useful in midwifery and diseases,but also with well known pot-herbs and a
water-reservoir.
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This slide is going in detail about measures as can
remove the disturbing element of peace
• The collector general employ spies disguised as people with superpower , fortune telling future ,
physicians , painters , dancers , idiots , blind , dumb and send them to abroad. The spics ascertain the
fair and foul with villagers. If a person is a foul then a spy will lose upon him. On friendship with
the suspected may be either commissioner or judge , the spy will request to give money to the Friend
of the spy. If the judge accept the request than he will be called as receiver of bribes and will be
banished. The spy will promise a large amount of money and bring false witness. If all agree with
him then he shall be also be a false witness and banished. There are thirteen criminal who secretly
live by foul and they will destroy the peace of the country. If someone if feeling sleepy or lazy there
face will be pale and dry. Anyone whose Nails and hair are either dirty or they a broken. Anyone
whose leg and hands bear the sign of rubbing and scratch. anyone whose body there is scratch or
wound they all will be examined. Any swollen fracture bones then they might be fallen down from
somewhere. In someone's body is blue then a positions item might be fed to him. If there is some
bite sign in there body parts then they might be bitten by some animal.

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 The Removal of Thorns Protection of Artisans
• The 3 ministers shall deal with the disturbance of peace of the Artisans with proper
measures , Those who are expected to relieve the misery and who can give
instructions to artisans and can be trusted and relied upon may receive deposits back
in time of their need.
• The artisans are supposed to fulfill their required work as referred to in the
agreement as to the correct time , place and form of work has to be met , Those
Artisans that postpone their duty under any circumstances and cannot work as to the
time , place and form of work will be punished with a fine twice the amount of their
wages and shall bear the burden of correcting the mistake.
• The Artisans shall receive increased amount of grains and threads ( supplied to them
to weave clothes ) if the providers are unable to fulfill the requirements then their
wages shall be cut off entirely and they shall also meet with a fine with twice the
amount of grain and thread / yarn ...
• The Artisan's clothes shall be washed by washer men either on wooden plank or on
smooth surface of a stone , if he washes them any where else he shall be fined with
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• The washer men are required to keep 1 set of night clothes only which are supposed
to be washed properly and kept as clean as a Jasmine flower , or in short they should
maintain the natural color of the yarn / threads .
• For use of this cloth for more than 5 nights they should be given a thin coloring and if
the same cloth is used for more than 6 nights than it is to be colored blue and for the
use of the same cloth for 7 nights they are to be either colored white as flowers or as
beautiful and shiny as Lac , saffron or Blood. These clothes need much care and skill
to handle and take proper care of and in case of any damages wages shall be
completely cut off a form of consequence.
Trusted people are to Judge whether the color are to be changed or not , and experts
are to determine the wages necessary.

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 Conclusion

• In short, the book goes into safety of people in the state, protections of
ministers, protection against natural disasters, detection of youth of criminal
tendency by spies, examination of death, death penalty, penalty for rape,
replenishment of treasury, Concerning subsistence to government servants,
conduct of courtier and duties of a messenger, battle of intrigue, slaying the
commander in chief, spied with weapon, capturing enemy.

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 Contributors

Unique
Group leader

Abhibhava Nibha

Sayuri Sarea
Prisha

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Thank you!
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