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Comment: “Rulership can be successfully carried out (only) with the help of associates: one wheel alone does not turn.” (Kautilya)

  • UPSC 1994
  • 20 marks
  • Indian Political Thought

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The verse closes Book 1, chapter 7 of the Arthashastra of Kautilya (Chanakya/Vishnugupta), in R. P. Kangle's translation. Its second line draws the conclusion: the king should therefore appoint ministers and listen to their opinion. It thus moves from the king's self-discipline to the chapters on ministers and counsel. It qualifies the primacy of the…

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  • The Image and Its Meaning
  • How Kautilya Institutionalises Association
  • Why the Principle Is Strong
  • Limits
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