Chanakya

Origin: [[File:Chanakya artistic depiction.jpg|thumb|A 1915 artistic depiction of Chanakya, the 4th century Indian economist, philosopher, political scientist, and royal advisor]] From . Chanakya was an Indian economist, philosopher, political scientist, and royal advisor of the 4th century He is traditionally identified as the person named Kauṭilya or Vishnugupta who authored the Arthashastra, a political treatise. He engineered the collapse of Magadha and put Chandragupta Maurya into power, establishing the Maurya Empire. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).