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Critically examine the ‘Sapta Prakriti’, of state as envisaged by Kautilya.

  • UPSC 2007
  • 60 marks
  • Indian Political Thought

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Kautilya (Chanakya/Vishnugupta) opens Book 6 of the Arthashastra by naming the prakritis, the constituent elements of the state: lord, minister, countryside, fort, treasury, army and ally. The Manusmriti (9.294) lists the same seven and calls the result a saptanga (seven-limbed) kingdom. Kautilya's own word, prakriti, suggests the materials of power rather than the organs of…

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