Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2019
This chapter concludes the text-critical portion of the study, exploring the thematic structure of the entire text. This analysis proves that the largest text-segments in the extant Arthaśāstra, called "books" (adhikaraṇas), were also added during the same redaction that introduced the chapters, verses, and citations. This allows for the identification of yet further parts of the text that must have been added at that time and a critical estimate of the extent of the original treatise.
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