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Chanakya

According to legendary narratives, preserved in various traditions dating from the 4th to 11th century CE, Chanakya (ISO: '''', ) was a Brahmin who assisted the first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta in his rise to power and the establishment of the Maurya Empire. According to these narratives, Chanakya served as the chief advisor and Prime Minister of the both emperors Chandragupta Maurya and his son Bindusara.

Chanakya was traditionally identified with Kauṭilya, the author of the ancient Indian political treatise, the ''Arthashastra''. The ''Arthashastra'' is now thought with high probability to have been composed by multiple authors during the early centuries of the common era—several centuries after the Mauryan period—the backdated identification with Chanakya to have served to add prestige to the work. Provided by Wikipedia