Kautilya's 'Arthashastra', The oldest Book on Total Management"
Kautilya's Arthashastra could be credited to be one of the oldest books on Management available to the world. It was written, edited and compiled by Kautilya (also known as Chanakya and Vishnugupta) in 300 BC. Arthashastra when literally translated it means 'Scripture of Wealth'. The main focus of the book is on Creation and Management of Wealth.
The book is a masterpiece, due to the virtue of its extensive coverage, spread over a wide range of topics like: Statecraft, politics, military warfare, strategy, Selection and training of Employees, leadership skills, legal systems, accounting systems, taxation, fiscal policies, civil rules, internal and foreign trade etc. It also covers various technical subjects including Medicine, gemology, metallurgy, measures of length, tables of weights, divisions of time, among many others.
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The teachings and philosophy of Kautilya, also known as Chanakya, have found acceptance not only in India but also in Netherlands with a city-based NGO introducing a book in Dutch on political strategies and financial management propagated by the world's first management Guru.
Kautilya's work was first published in a book titled 'Kautilya's Arthshastra; the way of financial management and economic governance' in English in 2009. It is now available in Dutch as a joint effort of Praan Solutions, Multilibris and Mumbai-based NGO Priyadarshni Academy, a release here said.
Kautilya, who lived from 350-275 BC, was a great political strategist, economist, educator and an expert in diplomacy. His teachings needs to be rediscovered in India as well as abroad, says chairman of Priyadarshni Academy, Nanik Rupani.
He had a holistic approach for societal problems, education, economics, governance, business and financial management and was the man behind the rise of Chandragupta, the first Mauryan Emperor, Rupani said.
The book in Dutch is in great demand in Netherlands and is a first of its kind in a foreign language.
Therefore, the Kautilya has been described as a rare mastermind by the scholars over centuries, as developing specialization or having command over so many vast and numerous areas is an unparalleled task even till date, to have been accomplished by any single individual.
He credited for the fall of Nanda dynasty and establishing Chandragupta Maurya [who happened to be his student] on the throne as the emperor; thus rightly getting the title of being a 'King Maker'. He is also credited to have masterminded the defeat of Saleucus, a commander of a faction of army of Alexander; who was appointed as caretaker to govern the area conquered by him.public administration psycholog
"Arthashatra" is documentation of Kautilya himself as regards to his lifelong learning, practicing and thinking applied in the governance of a nation. Rulers across the world, for ages, have referred to the Arthashastra for building a nation on sound polity based on spiritual values. It was since advent of british rulers that made "Arthshatra" outlandish but it never lost and will never lose its relevance for the scholars and practitioners involved in the study and practical application of the art and science of governance.
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