Ratan Lal Basu

Espionage Mechanism in the Arthasastra of Kautilya

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Produktbeschreibung

The science of espionage has a long history of evolution and probably it originated ever since the emergence of state as the supreme form of governance in clan societies. The science, in course of emergence of larger states achieved high level of development in Egypt, Syria, Persia, China, Greece and India. By the 4th century B. C. the science of espionage in India achieved a spectacular level of advancement which was incorporated in Arthä¿stra. The basic theories of espionage as prescribed by Kau¿ilya have changed very little in course of the last two millennia and three hundred years notwithstanding the widespread use of technological devices developed in course of industrial advance, especially, the cyber technology developed in course of the last few decades. As regards effectiveness of espionage methods, the modern espionage agencies are yet to learn a lot from the theories and practices of espionage as embodied in Arthä¿stra.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kautilya
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 109g
• ISBN-13: 9798215778890
• Artikelnr.: 67428290

Autorenporträt

The author of this volume Dr. Ratan Lal Basu is a Ph. D. in Economics (on Arthasastra, the treatise on political economy and statecraft composed by a Brahmaṇa scholar Kau?ilya around 300 B. C.). He retired as principal from a Government-Sponsored College at Kolkata, and after retirement got fully occupied with research and publishing activities pertaining to Indology, ancient economics, modern economic problems, economic history, yoga and tantra cult, statecraft, international relations and espionage, ethics and morality and also fiction in English and Bengali (his mother tongue).