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Singh and Jambulkar (1991). ESPIONAGE IN ARTHASASTRA OF KAUTILYA. Journal of Ravishankar University (Part-A: SOCIAL-SCIENCE), 4(1), pp.07-10.
Journal
of Ravishankar University Vol. 04 No. A
(Science) 1991 pp.07-10 ISSN 0970
5910
ESPIONAGE IN ARTHASASTRA OF KAUTILYA
R N P Singh and Pradeep Kumar Jambulkar
Department
of Political Science
Govt. Digvijay College
Rajnandgaon
MS Received 27.4.91
Abstract: For the first time in the
history of ancient Indian espionage was institutionalised during the period
of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya. It covered various kinds of activities, both
state and private, inside and outside the state. Spies used various guises. They used gudhya- lekhya
to convey information to the institute of espionage. A part of their operations
included counter espionage. Kautilya also refers to a system of cxpionage in
which many states collaborated for common ends. In some striking ways the
system of espionage described by Kautilya resembles ttlc system of
espionage employed by modem states
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