Mysore/Mysuru: A Technical Lecture on ‘Kautilya’s Arthashastra: A timeless strategy for Statecraft’ was organised by The Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysuru Centre, at its S.P. Bhat auditorium on JLB Road here recently. Delivering his lecture on the topic, retired Group Captain of Indian Air Force (IAF) Dr. Vinay Vittal said that his father was a…
Turn an old leaf: Oriental Research Institute digitising palm leaf manuscripts
March 14, 2020By M.B. Pavan Murthy Digitalisation of the oldest extant copy of Kautilya’s Arthashastra and other manuscripts will be a reality soon at the more-than-a-century-old Oriental Research Institute (ORI) in Mysuru. The institute has taken steps to digitise its vast collection of nearly 70,000 palm leaf and paper manuscripts in Sanskrit and Kannada. Kautilya’s Arthashastra was…
Decennial lecture on Kautilya’s Arthashastra tomorrow
September 26, 2019Mysuru: Karnataka State Law University (KSLU), Navanagar, Hubballi and Sarada Vilas Law College, Mysuru, have jointly organised the KSLU decennial lecture on “Kautilya’s Arthashastra” by Prof. Dr. C.K.N. Raja, former Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Mysore and Director of Legal Studies, SBRR Mahajana Law College, Mysuru, at Sarada Vilas Centenary Hall here…
Lecture series on Kautilya’s Arthashastra at Nadabrahma Sabha from June 3
June 2, 2019Kautilya, also known as Vishnugupta or Chanakya, who was supposed to be Chief Minister of Chandragupta Maurya, authored Arthashastra in 4th century BC. It is believed that this work is based on Yajnavalkya Sutras. This work can be considered as an encyclopaedia of Indian Public Administration. This work was first discovered by R. Shamashastry of…
Seminar on Kautilya’s Arthashastra
February 9, 2019Mysuru: “Erudition, scholarship, research abilities and writing skills in one person is very rare and all these qualities are found in the multifaceted Dr. H.R. Krishnaiah Gowda,” said Kunigal First Grade College Principal Dr. M. S. Narasimhan, in his felicitation address. He was speaking at the Kautilya Arthashastra and Karnataka Economy Experts Seminar Series-1 and…
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