摘要:Kautilya in his treatise on Statecraft : Arthashastra dwells on the Mauryan Army and has in many places sought to advise the Rajadhiraja on myriad aspects of the duties and responsibilities of the Head of State.
While heading the Air Force Pay Commission Cell, in 1995 at my personal request, a Sanskrit scholar in the Benares Hindu University researched and gave me some excerpts in bits and pieces, which were put together as a cohesive whole for inclusion in the Armed Forces Memorandum to the 5th Pay Commission. Since then, I have taken the liberty of superimposing / interjecting a little more to what has been said on the same subject in the Neeti-Shataka, by the sage-king Bhartruhari.