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16 entities
94 date claims
9 debated
189 co-occurrences
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Rāmāyaṇatext2 claims · 500 BCE to 400 BCE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra1xŚatapatha Brāhmaṇa1xKāmasūtra1x
500 BCE
The Kauṭiliya knows the four Vedas, the charms and incantations of the Atharvan, the six *aṅgas*, in... view
400 BCE
The Kauṭiliya knows the four Vedas, the charms and incantations of the Atharvan, the six *aṅgas*, in... view
Virāṭaparvatext1 claims · 400 BCE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra1xHistory of Dharmaśāstra1xMahābhārata1x
about 400 BCE
IX. The provisions about almanacs in the Arthaśāstra II. 20 (on ‘Deśakalāmāna’) are of great importa... view
Vanaparvatext10 claims · 400 BCE to 300 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Mahābhārata3xArthaśāstra2xBṛhaspatismṛti1xGautama Dharmasūtra1xṚgveda1xKāmandaka Nītisāra1xManusmṛti1xMatsyapurāṇa1x
400 BCE
There are three principal groups of writers on the question of the age of the Kauṭilīya. First come ... view
399 BCE
There are three principal groups of writers on the question of the age of the Kauṭilīya. First come ... view
about 321 BCE
There are three principal groups of writers on the question of the age of the Kauṭilīya. First come ... view
about 320 BCE
There are three principal groups of writers on the question of the age of the Kauṭilīya. First come ... view
320 BCE
There are three principal groups of writers on the question of the age of the Kauṭilīya. First come ... view
300 BCE
There are three principal groups of writers on the question of the age of the Kauṭilīya. First come ... view
about 300 BCE
The establishment of the temples of Śiva and Vaiśravaṇa ( i. e. Kubera ) was in vogue even in the ti... view
297 BCE
There are three principal groups of writers on the question of the age of the Kauṭilīya. First come ... view
150 CE
There are three principal groups of writers on the question of the age of the Kauṭilīya. First come ... view
about 300 CE
There are three principal groups of writers on the question of the age of the Kauṭilīya. First come ... view
Mahābhāratatext4 claims · 450 BCE to 300 BCE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra7xManusmṛti4xVanaparva3xYājñavalkya Smṛti3xBṛhaspatismṛti2xṚgveda2xŚāntiparva2xHistory of Dharmaśāstra2x
about 450 BCE
Pāṇini and the author of the Vārtikas flourished as shown above (pp. 75–79 ) respectively about 450–... view
not later than 450 BCE
Pāṇini and the author of the Vārtikas flourished as shown above (pp. 75–79 ) respectively about 450–... view
300 BCE
Pāṇini and the author of the Vārtikas flourished as shown above (pp. 75–79 ) respectively about 450–... view
300 BCE
Pāṇini and the author of the Vārtikas flourished as shown above (pp. 75–79 ) respectively about 450–... view
Udyogaparvatext1 claims · 247 BCE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Sabhāparva1x
247 BCE
Many scholars have misunderstood the word ‘cina’ occurring in II. 11. 114 ‘*tayā kauśeyam cinapaṭṭāś... view
Yājñavalkya Smṛtitext2 claims · 300 BCE to 180 BCE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra5xManusmṛti5xMahābhārata3xViṣṇu Smṛti3xṚgveda2xHistory of Dharmaśāstra2xKātyāyanasmṛti2xBṛhaspatismṛti1x
300 BCE
##6. A. is some centuries earlier than the first place, on many points such as succession and inheri... view
180 BCE
##6. A. is some centuries earlier than the first place, on many points such as succession and inheri... view
Śaṅkha-Likhita Dharmasūtratext1 claims · 150 BCE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra1xGautama Dharmasūtra1xManusmṛti1xŚāntiparva1xVasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra1xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra1x
before 150 BCE
Before proceeding to discuss the age of the Kauṭilīya, it is advisable to say a few words on the for... view
Kāmandaka Nītisāratext5 claims · 300 BCE to 800 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra5xViṣṇu Smṛti4xBṛhaspatismṛti2xManusmṛti2xŚāntiparva2xGautama Dharmasūtra1xṚgveda1xMahābhārata1x
300 BCE
The question of the date of the Kauṭilīya can be settled only approximately and for that we have to ... view
100 BCE
The question of the date of the Kauṭilīya can be settled only approximately and for that we have to ... view
101 CE
The question of the date of the Kauṭilīya can be settled only approximately and for that we have to ... view
701 CE
The Kāmandakīyanītisāra highly praises Viṣṇugupta as shown above. The date of Kāmandaka is also deba... view
800 CE
The Kāmandakīyanītisāra highly praises Viṣṇugupta as shown above. The date of Kāmandaka is also deba... view
Arthaśāstratext39 claims · 320 BCE to 1901 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti11xViṣṇu Smṛti8xMahābhārata7xKāmasūtra6xHistory of Dharmaśāstra6xKāmandaka Nītisāra5xYājñavalkya Smṛti5xKātyāyanasmṛti5x
about 320 BCE
Kauṭilya gives his own definition of Arthaśāstra in Adhikaraṇa XV. 1. It means 'means of the subsist... view
about 320 BCE
E. H. Johnston ( in J. R. A. S. for 1929 pp. 78–102, at p. 89 and JRAS 1939 at p. 225 ) says that th... view
circa 305 BCE
Both Dr. Jolly and Dr. Winternitz rely on the Indica of Megasthenes (while admitting that both M. an... view
305 BCE
E. H. Johnston ( in J. R. A. S. for 1929 pp. 78–102, at p. 89 and JRAS 1939 at p. 225 ) says that th... view
302 BCE
Both Dr. Jolly and Dr. Winternitz rely on the Indica of Megasthenes (while admitting that both M. an... view
about 300 BCE
A. B. Keith (in J. R. A. S. for 1916 pp. 130–137) states that it is perfectly possible that the Arth... view
about 300 BCE
It is necessary to put together briefly some of the chief grounds on which the Arthaśāstra is assign... view
about 300 BCE
It is really not necessary to adduce further evidence for establishing the proposition that the Arth... view
297 BCE
Both Dr. Jolly and Dr. Winternitz rely on the Indica of Megasthenes (while admitting that both M. an... view
about 247 BCE
**3. The Arthaśāstra** was composed at a time when Budd- hism had not made much progress in India an... view
215 BCE
There is hardly any distinctive reference to things Budd- hist except one passage ( III. 20 ) where ... view
about 200 BCE
As regards the home of Kauṭilya or Cāṇakya there is some divergence of viewṣ Jolly ( in Intro. p. 43... view
100 BCE
A. B. Keith (in J. R. A. S. for 1916 pp. 130–137) states that it is perfectly possible that the Arth... view
about 100 CE
E. H. Johnston ( in J. R. A. S. for 1929 pp. 78–102, at p. 89 and JRAS 1939 at p. 225 ) says that th... view
150 CE
We should not and cannot totally brush aside the Mud-rārakṣasa. Candragupta and Parvataka, the Nanda... view
... and 24 more claims
Manusmṛtitext7 claims · 300 BCE to 801 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra11xViṣṇu Smṛti5xYājñavalkya Smṛti5xMahābhārata4xŚāntiparva4xKāmasūtra4xKātyāyanasmṛti4xBṛhaspatismṛti3x
300 BCE
The third question raised above ( p. 197 ) is whether the Arthaśāstra was originally entirely in pro... view
200 BCE
Two of the most difficult problems concerning the Arthaśāstra are its relation to Manusmṛti and to t... view
200 CE
Two of the most difficult problems concerning the Arthaśāstra are its relation to Manusmṛti and to t... view
201 CE
The third question raised above ( p. 197 ) is whether the Arthaśāstra was originally entirely in pro... view
300 CE
The third question raised above ( p. 197 ) is whether the Arthaśāstra was originally entirely in pro... view
301 CE
The third question raised above ( p. 197 ) is whether the Arthaśāstra was originally entirely in pro... view
801 CE
Vaṣ 19. 17 cites a *śloka* ( ‘ *na bhinna-kārṣāpaṇa &c* ’ ) as a *Māṇava śloka* ( in the *Upendravaj... view
Śāntiparvatext1 claims · 201 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra4xManusmṛti4xBṛhaspatismṛti2xGautama Dharmasūtra2xKāmandaka Nītisāra2xMahābhārata2xViṣṇu Smṛti2xKāmasūtra2x
201 CE
The Kauṭilya quotes five schools by name: Mānavāḥ (five times), Bārhaspatyaḥ (6 times), Auśanasāḥ (7... view
Viṣṇu Smṛtitext7 claims · 400 BCE to 850 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra8xManusmṛti5xKāmandaka Nītisāra4xYājñavalkya Smṛti3xHistory of Dharmaśāstra3xKātyāyanasmṛti3xBṛhaspatismṛti2xṚgveda2x
400 BCE
One question about Candragupta may be briefly mentioned here. Purāṇas give confused accounts, Matsya... view
about 320 BCE
One question about Candragupta may be briefly mentioned here. Purāṇas give confused accounts, Matsya... view
190 BCE
One question about Candragupta may be briefly mentioned here. Purāṇas give confused accounts, Matsya... view
not later than 300 CE
From comparatively ancient times Cānakya alias Kauṭilya or Visnugupta has been credited with the com... view
401 CE
One question about Candragupta may be briefly mentioned here. Purāṇas give confused accounts, Matsya... view
501 CE
One question about Candragupta may be briefly mentioned here. Purāṇas give confused accounts, Matsya... view
before 850 CE
One question about Candragupta may be briefly mentioned here. Purāṇas give confused accounts, Matsya... view
Matsyapurāṇatext1 claims · 601 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra4xBṛhaspatismṛti1xGautama Dharmasūtra1xṚgveda1xKāmandaka Nītisāra1xMahābhārata1xManusmṛti1xŚāntiparva1x
601 CE
Winternitz ( Cal. Review for April-June 1924 ) on p. 18 is sceptical about Kauṭilya's authorship of ... view
History of Dharmaśāstratext11 claims · 1500 BCE to 1901 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra6xViṣṇu Smṛti3xKātyāyanasmṛti2xManusmṛti2xYājñavalkya Smṛti2xMahābhārata2xBṛhaspatismṛti1xKāmandaka Nītisāra1x
1500 BCE
In the 19th century and the first quarter of 20th century Western scholars clung to the theory that ... view
about 1400 BCE
In the 19th century and the first quarter of 20th century Western scholars clung to the theory that ... view
before 250 CE
In the Kādambarī of Bāṇa (first half of 7th century) we have a striking reference to Kauṭilya's work... view
about 320 CE
So far I have dealt with works that name Viṣṇugupta, Cāṇakya and Kauṭilya singly or collectively and... view
401 CE
So far I have dealt with works that name Viṣṇugupta, Cāṇakya and Kauṭilya singly or collectively and... view
601 CE
In the Kādambarī of Bāṇa (first half of 7th century) we have a striking reference to Kauṭilya's work... view
1200 CE
In Lama Taranath’s ‘History of Buddhism’ translated into German by A. Schiefner ( St. Petersburg, 18... view
1573 CE
In Lama Taranath’s ‘History of Buddhism’ translated into German by A. Schiefner ( St. Petersburg, 18... view
1575 CE
In Lama Taranath’s ‘History of Buddhism’ translated into German by A. Schiefner ( St. Petersburg, 18... view
1801 CE
In the 19th century and the first quarter of 20th century Western scholars clung to the theory that ... view
1901 CE
In the 19th century and the first quarter of 20th century Western scholars clung to the theory that ... view
Gautama Dharmasūtratext1 claims · 641 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra2xManusmṛti2xŚāntiparva2xBṛhaspatismṛti1xṚgveda1xKāmandaka Nītisāra1xMahābhārata1xMatsyapurāṇa1x
641 CE
There are three words in ancient Sanskrit Literature that are used very often in the same sense viz.... view
Bṛhaspatismṛtitext1 claims · 1101 CE
1500 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Arthaśāstra4xManusmṛti3xKāmandaka Nītisāra2xMahābhārata2xŚāntiparva2xViṣṇu Smṛti2xKātyāyanasmṛti2xParāśarasmṛti2x
1101 CE
The first commentary, if it dealt with the whole of the Arthaśāstra, must have been very extensive, ... view
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