Kauṭilya and the Arthaśāstra: A Statistical Investigation of the Authorship and Evolution of the Text

20-word blocks Abhayagirivihāra agree with Kangle's Alexander Alexander's ancient APPENDIX TABLE Arth Arthaśāstra authorship Bhār Bharuci Book brahmin Bṛhaspati Canakya Canakya-Candragupta-Kathā Candra Candragupta century A.D. Ceylon chapter Chi-square results Cleitarchus commentary compound compound-length control material Derr Derrett Dhanananda dialogue discriminators elephant Gangeśa Ghar Greek Gupta Hūņas Indian ity evam Jain Jain version Jonarāja Kalhana Kālidāsa Kāmasūtra Kangle Kangle's text Kashmirian version Kauțiliya Kautilya king lacuna legend literature Magadha Mahābhārata Mahābhāṣya Mahāvihāra Mānasollāsa Mand Manu manuscript Maurya Medh Medhātithi minister Mudrārākṣasa Nanda non-significant occurrences Palaisimoundou Pali version Pańcatantra particles Parvata Parvataka passage Pāțaliputra Phegeus Prakrit probably prose rājā Rākṣasa reference royal Śakațāla Sample Sanskrit śāstra Schlingloff sentence-length distributions sentences significant ślokas Somadeva statistical story Subandhu sūtras tadā tathā tatra teṣām topics trans Vararuci variance Vātsyāyana verses vipulā words x˛ d.f. yadā yathā ΙΟΙ