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20 articles in the archive discuss Canakya, from Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, The Indian Historical Quarterly, Sambodhi (1925–1999). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

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Articles discussing Canakya

  1. Canakya—Was He a Jaina?

    Muni Mahendra Kumar 'Prathам' · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974

    “Muni Mahendra Kumar ‘Pratham’ seeks to establish with the help of his gleanings from the’ Jaina Sources that Canakya was a Jaina by faith.”
  2. Vṛṣala, the Greek Kingly Title of Candragupta Maurya

    H. C. Seth · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937

  3. On the Controversy about the Arthasastra

    Kailash Chandra Ojha · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952

  4. Kavi Putra of Kalidasa - A Critical Review (Part 1)

    Sudarshan Kumar Sharma · Sambodhi, 1983

  5. On the Canakya-sutrani

    Hermann Jacobi · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927

    “The name Canakya to the exclusion of other names, is tho 010 chiefly used, as far ઘડ I know, in Prakrit works, the Brhat-kntha (as pre- sorved in the Sanskrit versions of the original by Ksemendra and Somadeva) and in Jaina legends;”
  6. On the Religion of Canakya

    Jyoti Prasad Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974

    “It has long been established and admitted by historians generally that the great emperor Candragupta Maurya (circa 325-297 B.C.) who was a contemporary and worthy rival of Alexander the Great of Macedon, was a follower of Jainism. But, the fact that his political guru Canakya alias Kautilya, the great Machiavelli of India, was also a Jaina by religion has not yet been given due recognition by modern historians.”
  7. Kautilya — A Follower of Jainism

    Binod Kumar Tiwary · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1983

  8. Was Candragupta low‑born?

    Harit Krishna Deb · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932

  9. Identification of Parvataka and Porus

    H. C. Seth · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1941

  10. On a Stanza of the Mudraraksasa

    S. Rangachar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1941

  11. The Caste of Candragupta Maurya

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930

  12. Review: The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain Literature

    Narayan M. Kansara · Sambodhi, 1992

  13. Note on Vryala as the Greek kingly title

    H. C. Seth · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939

    “It thus appears that Vrsala', 15 the Sanskritised form of ‘basileus’, not only 25 used for Candragupta by Canakya in the drama Maudriraksasa, but also 10 the passage from the Purinas referred to above.”
  14. Patañjali as he reveals himself in the Mahābhāṣya

    Prabhat Chandra Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926

  15. Sacred Literature of the Jains

    Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1992

  16. Perspectives on Human Communication

    Richard Kleifgen · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1980

  17. New lights on the history of Assam

    Nalini Kanta Bhattasali · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946

  18. A Note on the Word Kautalya

    V. Venkatarama Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

  19. The Home of Subandhu

    Mano Mohan Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939

  20. Prakrit in the Maurya Empire

    Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1999