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

according agree Alexander ancient appeared argument Arth Arthaśāstra authorship become Bhār Bhāruci Book called Cāņakya Candragupta century Ceylon chapter chi-square cited commentary composed compound containing contents course dealing discriminators distributions doubt edition evam evidence example expected fact Finally five follows four further Gangesa Ghar given gives Greek hand Indian Jain Kāmasūtra Kangle Kangle's text Kautilya king known later legend length less literature Mahāvamsa Mand Manu material matter means Medh Medhātithi mentioned minister Nanda observed occurrences original Pali particles passage perhaps possible present probably problem prose quoted Rākşasa reason reference regarded remaining royal Sample Sanskrit Schlingloff sentence-length sentences significant single ślokas Somadeva statistical story TABLE tatra topics tradition variance verses words