A number of studies have been conducted in the recent past throwing light on Kautilya's contribution to economic policy … much earlier than contributions from western scholars. In his treatise Arthashastra, Kautilya informs that his contribution …

BC to c.184 BC) in Kautilya's Arthasastra (c.300 BC) - the very first known treatise to deal with accounting aspects in …'s (1988) book, Modern Accounting Concepts in Kautilya's Arthasastra. This book, hardly known in Western accounting circles …, claims that Kautilya's ancient treatise anticipated a series of 'modern' accounting concepts. These claims are here examined …

on the role of the elephant in Indian statescraft as outlined in Kautilya’s Arthasastra, reputed to have been written in … nature of Kautilya’s Arthasastra is provided and then his advice is outlined and discussed about the care of elephants. This … elephants. Subsequently, Kautilya’s views about the use of elephants in war are considered. The essay concludes with an overall …