Kautilya

 Saptanga theory The time period and date of Kautilya’s birth are highly controversy. Kautilya was born in a brahmin family. According to Buddhist text mahavamsa tika, kautilya was born in taxila. But the jain scripture of the adbidhan chintamani mention that kautilya was native of south India. Similarly Jain writter Hemachandra’s parishishtaprava claim that kautilya […]

Like his predecessor Manu, Kautilya has also given the saptanga theory of the state. According to him that state(Rajya) consisted of seven-element (Prakritis) such as swamin (The sovereign), Amatyas(Ministers), Janapada(territory and population,, Durga(fort), kosha(Treasury), Bala(Army), and Mitra(Ally) which may be discussed below: You can read this-kautilya theory of kingship Seven elements of the state  ◆Swamin