Kautilya Teachings In Modern Times

Mahabharat excerpt: Yaksha : What is the biggest tension for any person. Dharmaraj Yudhishthir - Unpaid Debt This chapter lays down the rules regarding debts and interest. Interest varies from personal to commercial use cases, overcharging the interest rates is also punishable. Other malpractices regarding non fixation of interest rates, charging interest rate over the fixed rate etc. is punishable as well. Repayment of debts or non-adherence to repayment is also taken into

Legality, morality and spirituality are three different dimensions. A priest might be performing his puja daily with complete devotion but if the temple is built on encroached land or operating with unfair means and the priest knows about it, then it is not in favour of Dharma. An event that is Spiritual, will be moral and legal by default, but the other way around may or not be true. The chapter lays out the fines and punishment in case of non-observation of conventions r

This book covers the judicial system required for running the kingdom. This book covers at length all possible scenarios that would require judicial adjudication. Book covers Valid And Invalid transaction, Filing of Law-suits, Concerning marriage etc. All possible situations and outcomes are thought of by Kautilya and compliled in this book.

This is the first Book in Kautilya's Arthashastra. The book begins by salutations to the Guru of Gods(Brahaspati) and Rakshasa's(Sukracharya) alike for being the supposed promulgators of the science of politics. पृथिव्या लाभे पालने च The aim of Arthashastra is to teach the ruler how to acquire and protect the kingdom. Trai, Varta, Dandneeti and Arthashastra are the 4 sciences according to Kautilya. First four chapters of this book covers enumer