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But all information about Chanakya comes at least 500 years after the Mauryan Empire, from Buddhist and Jain lore, and Sanskrit plays..
These include Sri Lankan Buddhist epics, Mahavamsa, Parishishtaparvan by Jain scholar Hemachandra; from fantasy tales such as Katha-sarit-sagar and secular Sanskrit plays such as Mudrarakshasa...
As per popular lore, Chanakya was a Brahmin from Taxila who enabled the rise of Chandragupta, the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty, 2300 years ago, at the time of the Greek invasion of India..
He is credited with composing the Arthashastra, a book of political economy, as well as Chanakyaniti, a collection of aphorisms which have a rather pragmatic view of how to grab wealth and power in order to be a successful king..
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