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100			_aKamal, Kaja _916429
245			_aKautilya’s Arthashastra strategic cultural roots of India’s contemporary statecraft
250			_aSouth Asia Edition
260			_aNew York _bRoutledge _c2026
300			_a223 p.
520			_aThis book studies India’s foreign policy through the lens of Kautilya’s Arthashastra, an ancient Indian treatise on state and statecraft. It assesses the extent of influence of the foundational elements/core beliefs extrapolated from the Arthashastra on the nation’s international behaviour to understand the grand strategic preferences of independent India. The volume examines the basic 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), mooted in the Arthashastra which have withstood the test of time and space. It evaluates the continuity of strategic cultural traits under the themes of nonalignment, bilateral relations with China and Pakistan, and nuclear policy.
650			_aKautilya's work _916430
650			_aPolitical science in India _916431
650			_aStrategic culture _916432
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