Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present Kautilya's ideas on international trade. Design/methodology/approach – A non‐technical descriptive approach is followed. Findings – Kautilya implicitly proposes a theory of gains from trade and recommends imports promotion rather than...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present Kautilya's ideas on international trade. Design/methodology/approach – A non-technical descriptive approach is followed. Findings – Kautilya implicitly proposes a theory of gains from trade and recommends imports promotion rather than...