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Chanakya 103.24.22.34 (talk) 16:30, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2023

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Plays--Adityatejwani (talk) 19:54, 22 April 2023 (UTC) Indian television actor Manoj Joshi has been doing the role of Chanakya in the play that goes by the same name since 1990 . Initially starting in Gujarati language , it was enacted in Hindi since 1993-94 and since then it has been enacted more than a thousand times till 2018 across various Indian cities and platforms in theatres and colleges . Today Joshi who is now a padmashree still plays the lead role in the play inspiring millions across India.[reply]

Source https://m.rediff.com/amp/movies/special/he-has-played-chanakya-1039-times/20180310.htm

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/manoj-joshi-has-grand-plans-for-silver-jubilee-of-play-chanakya/lite/

https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/manoj-joshi-has-been-playing-chanakya-since-24-years/articleshow/45660396.cms

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chankay_Play_Manoj_Joshi.JPG[[1]] Adityatejwani (talk) 19:54, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 14:17, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IP edit request

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This is an edit request that an IP left on my user-talk page. But I'm not clear (at all) on what the IP is asking for. Can anyone help? – S. Rich (talk) 22:30, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"== Chanakya == Please! correct an information about chanakya he belongs to "Bhumihar Brahmin" not "Brahmin" caste. [[Special:Contributions/2409:408A:2B85:BFB4:0:0:3B88:3009|2409:408A:2B85:BFB4:0:0:3B88:3009]] ([[User talk:2409:408A:2B85:BFB4:0:0:3B88:3009|talk]]) 14:10, 16 June 2023 (UTC)"

Dates of birth and death

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Hello dear Wikipedia, After consulting the cited sources I couldn’t find any proof for the given dates of birth and death. The dates itself lack any citation. Where did the dates come from and is there a source? Many publications give random dates somewhere around the time given in the article. But I couldn’t find a source yet to illustrate how these dates came to be. Flaverius (talk) 10:28, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Arthashastra author

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@Joshua Jonathan Could you explain this edit ? Nxcrypto Message 07:49, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I already did, what don't you understand about it? The text was written after Chanakya's life, so these attributions are baseless, aren't they? And: WP:LEAD summarizes the article; this is not in the article. So, why would we have this here? Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 08:05, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Joshua Jonathan, The sources you have removed are reliable. Many scholars attribute the Arthashastra to Chanakya, though some parts may have been later additions. Nxcrypto Message 08:41, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Olivelle dates the earliest parts to 150 BCE, and rejects the identification of Kautilya with Chanakya. That's a very solid source. Other authors also reject the identification; see here and here. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 08:57, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Only Olivelle doesn;t hold full scholarship. Most of the source I think references Trauttman, who proposed the hypothesis, However they aren't all-knowing and so, in my information, the current edits doesn't convey what we calls a Fact and therefore be restored to earlier version. Don't know why the lede information be mentioned like these and someo fthe reliable sources be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.35.27.223 (talk) 15:25, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Even Olivelle associates him as an advisor of Chandragupta; Trauttman says him same historical figure as "Chandragupta or Nanda" . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:40E4:3F:100B:DD84:67EE:22DD:8439 (talk) 16:08, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Joshua Jonathan, the identification you provided regarding Chanakya/Kautilya and the dating of the Arthashastra is supported by some scholars but not universally. There are several other scholars who present differing views on this matter.
  • It is widely accepted that Chanakya and Kautilya are the same individual, credited as the author of the Arthashastra. Numerous reliable scholarly sources support this conclusion :

Pg 151 : The Arthasastra or 'Manual of Politics' which may possibly be the real work of Chanakya or Kautilya and therefore written about 300 B.C.
—The Cambridge history of India, Volume I[2]


Pg 7 : Perhaps the most esoteric work was the Arthasastra of Kautilya (Chanakya, believed to be prime minister of Chandragupta in southern India, circa 300 B.C.), translated by Shamasastry (1909).
— Studies in Machiavellianism by Richard Christie & Florence L. Geis[3]


Pg 1416 : Such departures were made since the sixth century BC, first, by heretical movements within religion, namely, Buddhism and Jainism, and, second, by the radically new, secular pragmatic theory of the state and government contained in the Arthashastra, attributed to Kautilya the mentor and minister of Chandragupta Maurуа (с. 321-298 BC), the founder of the Mauryan empire.
—The Oxford India companion to sociology and social anthropology by Veena Das [4]


Pg 2 : This period (c. 320-185 в.с.) produced the Machiavellian system of statecraft associated with the name of the minister Kautilya, the reputed author of the famous Arthaśāstra
Pg 39(ref. note) : Kautalya, alternatively known as Kautilya and Chanakya, was the chief minister of Chandragupta Maurya and a work on political economy, the Arthasastra, is attributed to him.
—A Cultural History of India by Arthur Llewellyn Basham [5]


Pg 1353 : In c.324/21 BC, with the help of Chanakya sometimes known as Kautilya an experienced brahmana statesman to whom is ascribed a comprehensive book on political economy and statecraft, the Arthashastra, he overthrew the Nanda king of Magadha (part of the modern Bihar State).
—The Oxford classical dictionary by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth[6]

  • Also read :

Pg 521 : He was advised by Kautilya (also called Chanakya) a very able but unscrupulous Brahman, to whom is attributed the Arthasastra, a guide to statecraft.
—The Columbia encyclopedia[7]


Pg 64 : One of the individuals shaken by the debacle at Alexander's hands in northwest India was Chanakya, or Kautilya, a most highly regarded scholar at Takshashila University (near Rawalpindi).
—Historical Atlas, A Comprehensive History Of The World by Geoffrey Wawro [8]


Pg 51 : His agent in effecting the revolution was Chanakya, also called Kautilya or Vishnugupta, a wily Brahmin, who became his minister.
—Oxford Student History of India by Vincent A. Smith[9]

Nxcrypto Message 18:00, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See the talkpage of Arthashastra. The identification of Kautilya with Chanakya is rejected by recent scholarship, as also noted by User:Fowler&fowler. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 18:07, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have initiated the discussion on this page. Please provide your response here. Nxcrypto Message 18:12, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not going to repeat everything I've written there, or engage into two similar discussions. Your point is: It is widely accepted that Chanakya and Kautilya are the same individual, credited as the author of the Arthashastra. Numerous reliable scholarly sources support this conclusion. Incorrect; the attribution to Charnakya is often repeated, without a proper analysis or arguments. This in contrast to Trautmann, Olivelle and others; arguments which point to multiple authorship, and elements in the text which are incomptabile with a Mauryan time-frame (forbidding wooden defense works, while Pataliputra was defended with a wooden pallisade; the use of choral, which was imported, an import which started in the second century BCE). Olivelle also points out that most authors start with the traditional attribution to Charnakya, which automatically implies a date of composition at ca. 300 BCE; yet, the name Charnakya is not mentioned in the Arthashastra itself, nor in other texts until a couple of centuries after Charnakya and Chandragupta. The traditional attribution to Charnakya is precisely that: a traditional attribution, not a gistorical fact. It probably developed in Gupta-times, when the Guptas tried to present themselves as the heirs of the Mauryas. the AS was a popilar text then, and attributing it to Charnakya further fostered this identification of the Guptas with the Mauryas. See also this note. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 19:41, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
PS: please also provide the year of publication for those sources; most are probably pre-2013.
Ah yes, all of them:
I don't doubt you can compile a long list of such quotes, but quantity does not guarantee state of the art scholarship. Regards, Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 19:42, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Most of them are still comprehensive till date and only one or two sources seems to be old enough even thought it's still relevant here. 2409:40E4:1105:C8E2:B1A3:CC92:C8B4:B3CE (talk) 20:05, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The all predate Olivelle's publication. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 20:09, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please tell me you’re joking. What kind of argument is this? Were there any groundbreaking discoveries between 2008 and 2013 that we don’t know about? Repeating the same unoriginal arguments made decades ago, without any solid new evidence coming to light, does not give scholarly work published at a later date enough weight to negate all the scholarship that came before it. It simply adds to the diversity of views. Man, this is crazy. 103.92.120.14 (talk) 20:17, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah yes, "state-of-the-art scholarship" because it’s approved by the great Joshua. Countless other scholars are just idiots, not worth considering. Only the works that Joshua approves matter, even if they repeat the same unoriginal arguments made decades ago without any new evidence coming to light. There’s no cure for motivated stubbornness. But that’s what happens when you don’t care about what others have to say and consider yourself the ultimate authority. Pointless. It’s not even worth replying because you only hear what you want to hear. I can’t keep repeating myself over and over. I’m out. Others can handle it if they must. 103.92.120.14 (talk) 20:10, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"I'm out" - again? You'll be back... Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 20:16, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not for this topic but for you of course. Dont forget we have karmic bond. 103.92.120.14 (talk) 20:17, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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