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Kautilya is considered as the founder of political thinking in Indiantradition, he focused on all aspects of the statecraft as public administration, military establishment, foreign affairs, monetary and fiscal policy and social welfare etc. He was considered as the realist thinker of Indian knowledge system, who focused on administration compared to the religious wellbeing, although his thoughts has various references from previous thinkers particularly from Manu and Brihaspati, but his discourses are much clear and distinct focusing uponthe statecraft.
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