The figure of Chanakya looms large in traditional accounts of ancient India; a Brahmin sage-statesman, described as the Indian Machiavelli The role of ‘Chanakya Niti’ in guiding modern statecraft, and ...
There is absolutely no historical evidence that a man called Chanakya ever lived during Mauryan times (300 BC) or that he guided Chandragupta Maurya to kingship. What we have is a story based on later ...