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Comment: Mandal theory.

  • UPSC 2003
  • 20 marks
  • Indian Political Thought

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The mandala or rajamandala (circle of kings) is the theory of inter-state relations in the Arthashastra of Kautilya (Chanakya/Vishnugupta), set out mainly in Book 6, chapter 2. It maps the world from the standpoint of the vijigishu, the would-be conqueror. Book 7 then derives the whole of foreign policy from it, opening with the principle…

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