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

according agree Alexander ancient appeared argument Arthaśāstra authorship become Bhār Bharuci Book called Cāṇakya Candragupta century Ceylon chapter chi-square cited Classical commentary composed compound containing contents course dealing discriminators distributions doubt edition evam example expected fact Finally five follows four further given gives Greek hand Indian Jain Kangle Kangle's text Kautilya king known later legend length less literature Mahābhāṣya Mahāvamsa Mand Manu manuscript material matter means Medh Medhātithi minister Nanda Notes observed occurrences original Pali particles passage perhaps present probably problem prose quoted Rākṣasa reason reference regarded remaining royal Sample Sanskrit Schlingloff sentence-length sentences significant single Somadeva statistical story TABLE tatra topics trans variance verses words x² d.f. ΙΟ