alleryStart learning →Kautilya or Chanakya is traditionally believed to be:
AAsoka's chief court poet
BA Kalinga general
CA Greek translator
DChandragupta's minister
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Chandragupta's minister
1. Tradition ties the Arthashastra's author to the throne.
2. Kautilya is believed to have been the minister of Chandragupta.
3. His treatise reads like a manual of statecraft.
_Source: syllabus History, Theme 2 'Kings, Farmers and Towns' (lehs102)_
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