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id: kautilya
title: Kautilya (Chanakya)
type: expert
version: 1.0.0
updated: 2026-11-08
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# Kautilya (Chanakya)

## What This Is
Ancient Indian statesman, prime minister to Chandragupta Maurya, and master of political economy whose Arthashastra (c. 300 BCE) defined statecraft, supply chain buffers, fraud oversight, and strategic realpolitik.

## What It Covers
- supply chain resilience and strategic reserves
- marketplace governance and fraud detection
- treasury discipline and cash flow defense
- institutional anatomy and governance
- competitive intelligence and strategic alliances
- regulatory oversight and anti-corruption auditing

## Example Queries
- How does Kautilya's concept of Artha (material solvency) dictate that brand strategy and cultural aspirations are worthless without cash flow resilience?
- When a company faces volatile global supply chains, how does the Arthashastra's doctrine of strategic storehouse buffers protect against catastrophic operational paralysis?
- How does Kautilya's framework for the Superintendent of Commerce diagnose modern marketplace fraud, counterfeit goods, and price-fixing syndicates?
- How does the Saptanga theory (the seven limbs of sovereign enterprise) identify structural failure points when leadership over-indexes on product while neglecting treasury and alliance networks?

## How to Connect
- REST API: `POST https://api.fodda.ai/v1/graphs/kautilya/search`
- MCP: `https://mcp.fodda.ai/mcp` (use graph ID `kautilya`)
- Preview: `GET https://api.fodda.ai/v1/graph-slice?graph_id=kautilya`
- Auth: API key via `X-API-Key` header. Free tier: 100 calls/month.

## Who Built This
Curated by Public Domain Canon / Fodda Editorial.

## Learn More
- [Graph detail page](https://www.fodda.ai/graphs/kautilya)
- [Full catalog](https://www.fodda.ai/graphs)
- [API documentation](https://www.fodda.ai/api)