Free Essays on Kautilya The Indian Machiavelli

  1. the mauryan empire

    both, i.e., literary sources and archaeological source materials. Among literary sources two main books, i.e, Arthashastra and Indika written by Kautilya and Megasthenes respectively provides useful information about the Mauryas. On one hand, Arthashastra tell us the administrative system of the kings...

  2. Corruption in India

    phenomenon in India. It has been prevalent in society since ancient times. History reveals that it was present even in the Mauryan period. Great scholar Kautilya mentions the pressure of forty types of corruption in his contemporary society. It was practiced even in Mughal and Sultanate period. When the East...

  3. Machiavelli and His Power Through the Prince

    Machiavelli and his Power Through The Prince Final Novel Paper Evan Cunningham May 18, 2008 6th Hour AP Literature Mrs. Shuell The Era of Renaissance, which originated in Southern Europe, was time that symbolized a golden light at the end of the tunnel...

  4. Machiavelli and Politics Today

    Machiavelli offers crucial theoretical insights into the American presidency, as some of our leading scholars of the presidency have both implicitly and explicitly demonstrated. James MacGregor Burns (1956), for instance, drew on Machiavelli for both the title and one of the main themes of his classic...

  5. Abraham Lincoln in the Eyes of Machiavelli

    endorsed throughout the North, and he was loved by all. Is it better to be loved than feared, or the reverse? In his novel, The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli states that there is a dispute over which path a leader should take. The fact that Lincoln won the presidency despite strong opposition from the...

  6. Laotzu vs Machiavelli

    Although Lao-Tzu and Machiavelli wrote centuries apart from each other these two leaders share similar believes on government. Lao-Tzu describes his ideas in Thoughts from the Tao-te-Ching. Machiavelli states his ideas in The Qualities of a Prince. Lao Tzu believed that a ruler will be respected and...

  7. Definitions Of Historians

    Manifesto Niccolo Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than to be loved. If a leader has foes, he must make friends with them or kill them. It is better to lie to keep power than to tell the truth and not keep power. Mohandas Gandhi: Ahimsa leader in India and led to the Indian Independence in 1945...

  8. Lao-Tzu and Machiavelli

    Comparing Lao-Tzu and Machiavelli What is the purpose of a government? Many philosophers have asked this question. Lao-Tzu is an ancient Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao-te Ching. Machiavelli, an Italian philosopher, and author of the Prince who live 2000 years after Lao-Tzu’s time. They each...

  9. Machiavelli

    Machiavelli poses the essential question about the relationship between leaders and followers: Is it more effective to enforce discipline by rigorously applying the laws and unhesitatingly exercising your power, or winning by the affection of your followers?” ( Ledeen). So is it better to be feared...

  10. AP world study sheet the west encounters Americas

    only was there an explosion in cultural forms of art, such as mannerism and baroque, but people also shared ideas regarding society and politics. Machiavelli wrote “the Prince” during the Renaissance an became the father of modern political theory. What were the Causes and Effects of the Protestant...

  11. How do Aristotle and Machiavelli understand the relation between politics and ethics?

    Short Paper 1 How do Aristotle and Machiavelli understand the relation between politics and ethics? Aristotle and Machiavelli developed guiding principles in regards to politics. The political goals of both philosophers differentiated substantially. Aristotle’s goal of politics is to achieve a...

  12. Ancient Technology

    great scholars including Kautilya, Panini, Jivaka, and Vishnu Sharma. Ancient India was also at the forefront of seafaring technology which is a panel found at Mohenjodaro, depicts a sailing craft. Ship construction is vividly described in the Yukti Kalpa Taru, an ancient Indian text on Shipbuilding. The...

  13. Vetiver Oil Market Will See Strong Expansion Through 2024

    Haitian vetiver varieties has well defined roseate notes and is highly regarded in the perfume industry. On the other hand, the oil obtained from Indian vetiver varieties is known best for its balsamic woody note. Global Vetiver Oil Market: Region-wise Outlook Countries such as Haiti, India, Indonesia...

  14. Machiavelli vs Aung San Suu Kyi

    philosophers have developed there own theories, with hopes to sway an opposing view to the main stream. Two legendary historical figures, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Aung San Suu Kyi, have challenged the public in an attempt to influence the world. Although it is speculation, Niccolo Machiavelli’s concept...

  15. Machiavelli and His Belief in a Society Ruled by a Prince

    Machiavelli: It’s crucial to understand the people and the ruler of any society. Machiavelli believes that once a land is conquered by a Prince, it will be easier to rule because the people will fear and respect this prince. The elite hold the mentality of the rulers. The elite view the prince as...

  16. Machiavelli and Today's Politics

    political ways to hold Iraq in their hands. One of them is try to weaken the neighbours of Iraq and to hinder neighbour's get a footing there.In Prince, Machiavelli states that, "The prince who holds a country differing in the above respects ought to make himself the head and defender of his less powerful neighbours...

  17. Machiavelli: Renaissance Man

    Machiavelli: Renaissance Man Niccolo Machiavelli's book The Prince is an influential book. It was written in 1513, and it deals with the concepts of power. These are due to the facts that it explains what power is, how to get power, and how to maintain power. What is power? Power is the ability to...

  18. The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli

    The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER...

  19. Socialism

    Andrew George, New York: Penguin Books, 1999. * Sun Tzu, The Art of War, trans. John Minford, New York: Penguin Books, 2009. * Niccolò Machiavelli The Prince, trans. Peter Bondanella, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Reading Assignments: Please complete the assigned readings...

  20. geoeconomics

    even though we frequently like to imagine that it is so, citing Machiavelli or Hobbes. In China it goes back at least to the statesman Guan Zhong (d. 645 BC) who served Duke Huan of Qi (ruled 686–643 BC). In India it goes back to Kautilya and his book Arthashastra, about 300 BC. Among the betterknown...

  21. Indians

    fierce battles and melees between the Indians and the settlers that were born from this cultural conflict. In spite of this, many people may not know about the systematic and deliberate means employed by the U.S. government to permanently rid their new land of the Indians who had lived their own lives peacefully...

  22. Cherokee Indians

    RUNNING HEAD: CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE 1 THE CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE AND THE NEW WORLD CALVIN YOUNG AIU CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE 2 Abstract The Cherokee Indian were some of the first settlers in what is now the United States. They had...

  23. The Indians

    The Indians where put on plots of land called reservations. The Indian tribes possessed or owned the land but the government had total supervision. There they could not hunt their own food, instead, had to live on government rations. The children could no longer speak in their native tongue and where...

  24. Indian Act

    The Indian Act is a Canadian federal law that governs in matters pertaining to Indian status, bands, and Indian reserves. Throughout history it has been highly invasive and paternalistic, as it authorizes the Canadian federal government to regulate and administer in the affairs and day-to-day lives...

  25. American Indian Movement

    American Indian Movement The American Indian Movement has significantly improved over the past 30 years. American Indians have been on the move for almost 500 years. The movement has transformed policy making into programs and organizations that have served Indian people in many communities....

  26. The Indian Revolution During the American Revolution

    21h.001 How to Stage a Revolution Essay 1 rewrite The Indian Revolution during the American Revolution Unlike most revolutions in history the events that took place in north America from 1775 to 1783 did not involve just two competing groups of people. On one side was the British Empire trying...

  27. The Effect of WWI on the Indian Independence Movement

    India. As Germany attempted to hurt the British by infiltrating India and establishing the roots of rebellion through the Hindu-German Conspiracy, Indian troops fought valiantly for the entente powers and began to question the divine right of the West to rule while Europe itself was in turmoil. But above...

  28. INDIAN DRAMA

    Indian drama in English Drama is a composite art in which the written word of the playwright is concretized when it becomes the spoken word of the actor on the stage. It involves the playwright, the actor, the audience, plot construction, characterization, dialogues, music, dance, posture, stage setting...

  29. Indian Legal Services Market

    Brochure More information from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/347858/ Indian Legal Services Market: An Analysis Description: This report analyzes the legal services market in India within the PEST and Porter frameworks and highlights the issues and growth drivers of this market. It also...

  30. Cherokee Indians 2

    Cherokee Indians There was over ten million plus Native Americans in the world when the first non Native Americans arrived but this would all change within the next 250 to 300 years when over three quarters of our population would be wiped out because of the warfare that was imported by the white man...

  31. Plains Indians

    Technological developments helped drive the Native Americans back, and government actions were manipulative in how they prompted mistreatment of the Plains Indians. Whether on purpose, or by accident, both technology and government led to the ultimate downfall of Native American culture and society in the plains...

  32. Motivation for Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy

    Motivation for Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy illustrates his history as an aggressive Indian fighter, his commitment to maintaining state rights, and the influence of the popular opinion of the frontier states whom he depended on in the 1828 election. Jackson’s...

  33. Doingbus in Indian

    Nowadays, due to India's population is constantly increasing, the Indian became more and more powerful economy and trade country, more policy relaxation of import and export trade standards, more and more multinational companies to enter the Indian doing business. This report is going to be discussed about...

  34. Indian Culture

    friend, there is a huge difference between indian and western culture. if you are the one who is asking- which one is the best then, i would say indian culture. some may not agree with me, but if you give a thought- then you might find me right. Indian culture has given many things to mankind. and...

  35. Impact of Indian Community on the New Jersey Area

    Impact of Indian community on the New Jersey area “Nearly every third person who lives in Edison” New Jersey is originally from India (Texeira). For most of new Indians immigrants who have come to the US to fulfill their American Dream, New Jersey is the place they look for to live. They call New...

  36. Settlers Effect on the Plains Indians

    Impacts of the millions of Americans on the Plains Indians as they settled on the Great Plains from 1865 to 1900 The new railroads in the West occasioned by the Civil War opened up the area to economic development and new settlers. American settlers from the East entered via the Mississippi to ranch...

  37. Indians All Our Lives

    Indians all Our Lives, 1890-1920 The Indian territory during the late eighteen century were formed out form out of many different bands or tribes which righted over each other to gain more territory, by the mid nineteen century they had to confront a different enemy another expanding power in the...

  38. Indian Plywood and Laminates market

    The report titled “Indian Plywood and Laminates market: Trends and Opportunities (2015-2019)” provides an insight into the Plywood and Laminates market in India with focus on applications of plywood and laminates. The report assesses the market sizing and growth of the Indian Plywood and Laminates...

  39. The Indian Peafowl

    Indian Peafowl The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, also known as the Common Peafowl or the Blue Peafowl, is one of the species of bird in the genus Pavo of the Phasianidae family known as peafowl. The Indian Peafowl is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and has been introduced into many...

  40. The Prince: Political and Military Strategies

    2005 Machiavelli’s The Prince is a comprehensive guide to explain political and military strategies to help a ruler gain or maintain power. Machiavelli separates his masterpiece into four basic pieces. The first part, which consists of the first eleven chapters, deals mainly with the four different...

  41. Overseas Operation of Indian Banks

    In which country, which Indian bank is dominant and why? The scenario of Indian banks in the overseas market can be seen as below, As on December 31, 2006, the statistics is as follows: Total No. Of overseas branches : 113 branches. No. Of Private sector banks: 3 nos No. Of Public...

  42. Buoyant Indian Financial Markets

    Buoyant Indian Financial Markets Despite vanishing FIIs, the Indian markets remain resilient and staying afloat .The US crisis has significantly affected the investor’s sentiments. There will be substantial capital out flows owing to investor’s tendency to with-draw from risky markets. This would...

  43. the french and indian war

    The French and Indian War altered the political, economical, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. English debt lead to unfair taxation of the colonists, and this changed the way they felt about their mother country. After the French and Indian War, the countries colonizing...

  44. How Alcohol Effected American Indians

    Native American Culture? History of the American Indian Professor Roger Carpenter December 14, 2009 Northern Native Americans were faced with many great hardships with the arrival of the Europeans, Spanish and the French. American Indians had thrived on American soil for thousands of years...

  45. Indian Auto Industry

    Indian Market India’s automotive industry is booming. The industry currently contributes about U.S. $34 billion to the Indian economy, equivalent to five percent of its national GDP. It produces over 11 million vehicles a year making it one of the eleventh largest passenger car producers in the world...

  46. Indian Sepoy Rebellion

    Indian rebellion of 1857. Brutal execution of Indian soldiers who participated in the Indian rebellion of 1857 by British cannons 1857–1858 was a period of armed uprising and rebellions in mostly northern and central India against British colonial rule on the subcontinent. The war brought about the...

  47. The Indian Information Technology Sector

    IT INDUSTRY IN INDIA The Indian information technology sector has been instrumental in driving the nation's economy onto the rapid growth curve. According to the Nasscom-Deloitte study, the IT/ITES industry's contribution to the country's GDP has increased to a share of 5.2 per cent in 2007, as...

  48. General Knowledge

    http://upscportal.com/civilservices/current-affairs Free Guide for SSC General Knowledge TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. History of India and The World 2. Indian Polity and Governance 3. Geography of India and The World 4. Economy 5. General Science 6. Organisations 7. General Knowledge HISTORY OF INDIA...

  49. Indian Consumer Profile

    | INDIAN CONSUMER PROFILE | | | | Submitted By,Subhransu Sekhar AcharyaRegn. No. 0906247033 | | | | Profile of the average Indian mobile consumer. With around 100 million mobile subscribers, India is the third largest mobile market (next to China and the US) and one of the...

  50. Federal Indian Policy

    It was Edward S. Curtis’s monumental, The North American Indian, in which photographed the “vanishing race”. Produced in 1913 through expeditions sent by Rodman Wanamaker, to photograph the final gatherings of the tribes but he also applauded the assimilation of the passing race into American society...

  51. Indian Cinema: Bollywood

    What is Indian Cinema? Before attempting to answer what Indian Cinema is, I feel it is important to question the present day notion Indian Cinema. This notion, I feel is a misleading one. Indian Cinema at present is an image falsely created out of only a particular kind of cinema, namely the Bollywood...

  52. New Wave Indian Cinema

    British, Polish, Czech, Hollywood and even Indian New Wave where directors in the 1970s made groundbreaking films that reinvigorated the industry and broke old boundaries. 2. New Wave Indian Cinema New Wave Indian Cinema is a specific genre of Indian cinema which is known for its serious content...

  53. Theories Expressed in the Prince

    not considered to be representative of published work during his lifetime, although it is his most remembered work. The views expressed by Machiavelli, in the prince seem extreme; although he spent his whole life in Florence, Italy; during a time of extreme political conflict. The book was written...

  54. Being an Indian

    India is worlds largest democracy. Is Indian democracy an experiment in governance or a huge muddle time only will tell. How a billion indians today form a sea of humanity which has been flowing for ages, different in many ways yet having a common thread. India even with its great problems despite...

  55. Indian Freedom Fighter

    Savarkar    Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Vināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar (Marathi: विनायक दामोदर सावरकर) (May 28, 1883 – February 26, 1966) was an Indian politician and an Indian Independence Movement activist, who is credited with developing the Hindu nationalist political ideology Hindutva. He is considered to...

  56. indian river citrus company

    4 Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting Indian River Citrus Company (B) In Case 12, Lili Romero and Brent Gibbs analyzed a lite orange juice project for the Indian River Citrus Company. The project required an initial investment of $580,000 in fixed assets (including shipping and installation...

  57. The Hollywood Indian: the Portrayal of Native Americans in John Ford’s the Searchers and Arthur Penn’s Little Big Man

    The Hollywood Indian: The Portrayal of Native Americans in John Ford’s The Searchers and Arthur Penn’s Little Big Man Rachel Andrews November 30, 2005 The depictions of Native American in film have changed little over the history of the motion picture. The stories told hold fast to...

  58. The Newly-Created Indian Cricket League

    Indian Premier League The Indian Premier League (often abbreviated as IPL), is a Twenty20 cricket competition initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and supervised by BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi, Chairman & Commissioner for IPL and CEO Sundar Raman. It presently includes...

  59. The Comparison Between Malay, Chinese and Indian Wedding

    CHINESE AND INDIAN WEDDING All of the people in this world want to get married and have their on memories in the wedding ceremony. They will have the ceremony by their own ritual. The ritual is always by their parents. For the Malaysian, there are three races that are Malay, Chinese and Indian. In every...

  60. The Indian Culture

    The Indian culture instilled a sense of honor in me, which to the present day is contributing to the personal and intellectual development of me. My intellectual development has largely been cherished through my parents, who taught me the sense of honor for myself, and the family as family image was...