| However, Kautilya also recommends that wildlife that is damaging crops should be restrained with state resources. |
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| It lists the school of Brihaspati, the school of Usanas, the school of Manu and itself as the school of Kautilya as examples. |
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| Ancient strategists, Chinese Guan Zhong and Shang Yang and Indian Kautilya, drew doctrines linking agriculture with military power. |
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| However, adds Trautmann, this does not mean that Kautilya was advocating a capitalistic free market economy. |
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| Likely to be the work of several authors over centuries, Kautilya, also identified as Vishnugupta and Chanakya, is traditionally credited as the author of the text. |
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| Kautilya, in the Arthashastra, suggests that the state must always be adequately fortified, its armed forces prepared and resourced to defend itself against acts of war. |
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| Kautilya favors peace over war, because he asserts that in most situations, peace is more conducive to creation of wealth, prosperity and security of the people. |
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