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Kautilya's Arthashastra: Strategic Cultural Roots of India's Contemporary Statecraft
Kautilya's Arthashastra: Strategic Cultural Roots of India's Contemporary Statecraft
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This book explores India's foreign policy through the Arthashastra, an ancient Indian treatise on state and statecraft, to understand its grand strategic preferences. It examines the core beliefs and underpinnings of statecraft, such as Yogakshema, Saptanga, Sadgunyas, Rajdharma, Rajamandala, and Dharma, and evaluates their continuity in strategic cultural traits under themes of nonalignment, bilateral relations with China and Pakistan, and nuclear policy. It is a valuable resource for scholars and researchers of foreign policy, defense policy, international relations, defense and strategic studies, political science, Indian political thought, political philosophy, classical literature, and South Asian studies.
Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book delves into India's foreign policy by examining the ancient Indian treatise, Arthashastra, through the lens of Kautilya. It aims to assess the extent to which the foundational elements and core beliefs derived from the Arthashastra influence India's international behavior, thereby understanding the grand strategic preferences of independent India. The volume explores the fundamental realist and cultural underpinnings of statecraft, such as Yogakshema (Political End Goal), Saptanga (Seven Elements of State), Sadgunyas (Six Measures of Foreign Policy), Rajdharma (Duty of a King), Rajamandala (Circle of Kings), and Dharma (Order), proposed in the Arthashastra. It evaluates the continuity of strategic cultural traits under the themes of nonalignment, bilateral relations with China and Pakistan, and nuclear policy.
This book is a significant contribution to the study of India's foreign policy. It will be valuable for scholars and researchers interested in foreign policy, defense policy, international relations, defense and strategic studies, political science, Indian political thought, political philosophy, classical literature, and South Asian studies.
Weight: 640g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367535674
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