# The Father of Indian Economics: Kautilya

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/portraits-of-liberty/the-father-of-indian-economics-kautilya>

**By** Paul Meany

**Published:** March 10, 2022

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The ancient Indian writer Kautilya had more knowledge of economic affairs than any thinker for over a thousand years.

## SUMMARY:

The Sanskrit Arthashastra, a manual for establishing a prosperous state written in ancient India by Kautilya, articulates many principles that would later become the foundations of modern economics. Though written thousands of years ago, the rules and principles laid out in the Arthashastra remain relevant today.

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