Chanakya was an Indian polymath who was active as a teacher author strageist philosopher economist and a royal advisor he is traditionally identified as kautilya or Vishnugupta who authored the traditional book of the arthshastra a text dated to roughly between the 4 th century BCE and third century CE

Around 321 BCE Chanakya assisted the first maurayan emperor chandra gupta In his rise of power and is widely credited for having a important role in establishing the mauryan empire

Chanakya served as a advisor to both chandra gupta and his son bindusara Chanakya uses different terms to describe war other than the dharm yudha such as kutayudha (unjust war)

He was instrumental in helping chandra gupta overthrow the power ful nanda dynasty at Pataliputra in the magadha region

He openly advised the development of an elaborate spy system reaching into all levels of society and encouraged political and secret assaniation, chanakya book came to be chandra gupta guide each of its 15 sections deal with a phase of government which Chanakya sums up to be the science of punishment he was certainly the greatest advisor of ancient India