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Translations of the Arthaśāstra at Emory

Translations of the Arthaśāstra at Other Institutions

Cāṇakya. Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra. Translated by Dr. R. Shamasastry,... with an Introductory Note by the Late Dr. J. F. Fleet,... 2d Edition. Mysore : Mysore :, 1923.
———. Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra. Translated By... R. Shamasastry... With an Introductory Note by J. F. Fleet. 5th Ed. Mysore : Mysore :, 1956.
———. The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra. Bombay : Bombay :, 1960.
———. The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra. Delhi : Delhi :, 1972.
Gaṇapati Śāstrī, T., ed. Kauṭilīyaṃ Arthaśāstram. Trivandrum, India: Government Press, 1924.
Gupta, Jaganlāl. Kauṭalya Kē Arthic Vicār. Prayāg,: Prayāg, 1949.
Jolly, Julius, and Richard Schmidt. The Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya: A New Edition. 2 vols. Lahore, India: Punjab Sanskrit Series, 1923. 
Kangle, R. P. An English Translation with Critical and Explanatory Notes. Bombay : Bombay :, 1972.
———. The Kautilīya Arthaśāstra. [Bombay]: [Bombay], 1964.
———. The Kautiliya Arthasastra. Part II, An English Translation with Critical and Explanation Notes. Delhi : Delhi :, 1997.
———. The Kautlhya Arthaśastra : 3 Parts. (Bombay) : (Bombay) :, 1960.
Kau?alya. Kau?il?ya Artha??stra. Vol. 1 : (Sanskrit Text with English Translation and an Exhausive Introduction) : Book I-IV. Delhi : Delhi :, 2005.
———. Arthasastra of Kautilya,. Mysore,: Mysore, 1924.
Kauṭalya. Chanakya Today : Kautilya Arthashastra, Chanakya Sutra, Chanakya Niti, 2016.
Kauṭalya. Chanakya’s Arthaśástra, Or, The Science of Politics. Mysore : Mysore :, 1908.
———. Essentials of Indian Statecraft : Kautilya’s Arthasastra for Contemporary Readers. New Delhi : New Delhi :, 1994.
———. Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra : Sanskrit, Transliteration, and English Translation with an Exhaustive Introduction. Delhi : Delhi :, 2005.
Kauṭalya. Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra. Vol. 1 : (Sanskrit Text with English Translation and an Exhausive Introduction). Delhi : Delhi :, 2005.
Kauṭalya. Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra,. Mysore,: Mysore, 1923.
———. Kautilya’s Arthashastra : (Kautilya’s Science of Polity). New Delhi : New Delhi :, 1990.
———. King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India : Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra : A New Annotated Translation. New York : New York :, c2013.
Kautalya. The Arthasastra, 1964.
Kauṭalya. The Arthaśāstra of Kauṭalya : With the commentary “Srīmūla” of T. Gaṇapati Sāstrī. Delhi : Delhi :, 2006.
———. The Arthaśāstra : Selections from the Classic Indian Work on Statecraft. Indianapolis, Ind. : Indianapolis, Ind. :, 2012.
———. The Arthaśāstra Selections from the Classic Indian Work on Statecraft. Indianapolis, Ind. : Indianapolis, Ind. :, 2012.
Kautalya. The Kautalya Arthasastra. [Bombay] : [Bombay] :, 1969.
Kauṭalya. The Kautilīya Arthaśāstra. [Bombay]: [Bombay], 1960.
———. The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra. Delhi : Delhi :, 1986.
Kauṭalya. The Kautiliya Arthasastra, 2014.
Kauṭalya. The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra. Delhi : Delhi :, 2014.
———. The Kautilīya Arthaśāstra : A Critical Edition with a Glossary. Bombay : Bombay :, 1960.
———. The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra : A Critical Edition with Glossary. Bombay : Bombay :, 1960.
Kauṭilya. Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra : (Sanskrit Text with English Translation and an Exhaustive Introduction) / Vol. I, Book I-IV. Delhi : Delhi :, 2005.
Kautilya. The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra. Delhi [[etc.] : Delhi [[etc.] :, 1986.
Kauṭilya. The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2. An English Translation with Critical and Explanatory Notes. Bombay: Bombay, 1963.
Kautilya’s Arthasastra Translated by R. Shamasastry., 2013.
Kela, Bhagwan Das. Bhāratīya Arthaśāstra. Ilāhābād,: Ilāhābād, 1951.
Olivelle, Patrick. King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India : Kautilya’s Arthasastra. New York : New York :, 2012.
Shamasastry, S. Chanakya’s Arthasastra. Mysore : Mysore :, 1908.
Sharma, Y. D. Civil Laws in Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra. New Delhi : New Delhi :, 2007.
Śrīrāmacandruḍu, Pullela. Glimpse into Kautilya’s Arthashastra. Hyderabad : Hyderabad :, 2010.
 

 *The bibliography above was compiled by conducting a Worldcat search for "Arthaśāstra AND translation." This search was combined with the texts detailed in Lubin's OUP bibliography. Some results were excluded because they were not relevant.