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Kautilya
Arthasastra Revisited
Foreword
Preface
Part I Date
of Arthasastra
1.Traditional Opinion
(a) Association of Canakya and Candragupta
(b) Canakya, Visnugupta and Kautilya-synonimity
of names
(c)Kautilya: Writer of the Arthasastra
(d)Evidence of the Kautilya Arthasastra
2.Views of
Jolly, Keith and Winternitz
(a) Existence of Kautilya Denied
(b) Arthasastra Not written by Kautilya
(c) Arthasastra: Not a work of fourth century BC
(d) Arthasastra: A Composition of third century AD
Part II A
Study of Trautmann's Statistical Analysis
1.Preliminary
Objections
(a) Study based only on the use of va or and ca (and)
(b) Counting of occurences of va and ca not
necessary
Table I
(c) 20-word block calculations falsifies the Results
2.Examination
of Statistical Conclusions of Trautmann
(a) Different chapters of various Books not coming from the same
population
(b) Different portions of some chapters also do not come from the
same population
(c) The crucial question of context
Table II
Table III
Table IV
Table V
Table VI
3.Other
Deficiencies of the Theory
(a) Deviation of Trautmann from his own statistics
(b) Sentence-length and compound-length study
(c) Control material
(d) Cross-references
(e) Lacunae of the statistical method exemplified
4.Trautmann's
arguments against Kautilya's authorship of Arthasastra
(a) Divisions into chapters
(b) Chapter 1
(c) Book 15
(d) Terminal verses
Table VII
Index
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