Chanakya (Famous Indian Politician, Strategist and Writer, 350 BC-283 BC) was an adviser and a prime minister to the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta (340-293 BC), and architect of his rise to power. Kautilya and Vishnugupta, the names by which the political treatise Artha´shastraidentifies its author, are traditionally identified with Chanakya. Some scholars consider Chanakya to