As per popular lore, Chanakya was a Brahmin from Taxila who enabled the rise of Chandragupta, the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty, 2300 years ago, at the time of the Greek invasion of India. He is credited with composing the Arthashastra, a book of political economy, as well as Chanakyaniti, a collection of aphorisms which have a rather pragmatic view of how to grab wealth and power in order to be a successful king. Chanakya’s texts focus on
