बार्हस्पत्य सूत्र / अर्थशास्त्र (महर्षि बृहस्पति - प्राचीन दण्डनीति, राजधर्म एवं कूटनीति सटीक)

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been favoured with a perusal of proof-sheets I was
able to draw attention (J. R. A. S. pp. 446-71) to tne
extreme importance of the work. In 1911-12 Professor
Jacobi in two very valuable papers (Kultur-Sprach-
und Literaturhistorisches aus dem Kautilîya and Uber
die Echtheit des Kautilîya in the Berlin Academy
Sitzungsberichte, 1911, pp. 954-973, 1912, pp. 832-849)
discussed the bearings of the work upon the Indian
literary and linguistic history and argued forcibly for
its authenticity. We have also to take note of interest-
ing discussions of the work by Prof. Jolly, Lexika-
lisches aus dem Arthashâstra (Indogermanische For-
schungen, xxxi., pp. 204-10), Kollektaneen zum
Kautilîya Arthashâstra (Z. D. M. G., 1914, pp.
345-359), Dr Johannes Hertel, Literarisches aus dem
Kautilîyashâstra (Vienna Oriental Journal, xxiv, pp.
416-422), and Dr Jarl van Charpentier, En Indisk hand-
bok i statslara fran 300 f. kr. (Nordisktidskrift, 1913,
pp. 353-369), Narendra Nath Law, Studies in Ancient
Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashâstra of Kautilya)
(vol. I., London, etc., 1914) and a partial commentary
compiled by Dr `I. Sorabji, as a pupil of Prof. Jolly,
and published at Allahabad in 1914. A revised trans-
lation by Pandit Shama Shastri is now passing
through the press. The information contained in the
Arthashâstra is still far from exhausted,and the interest
in it may be expected continually to increase.
As Prof. Jacobi has mentioned, Cânakya frequently
quotes his predecessors, both schools and individuals,
the style often assuming almost the form of a discuss-
ion ; and it is clear that in (say) the fifth and fourth