Talk:Chanakya

Change Title or Name of page
It is submitted that the title of the page may henceforth be edited to Rishi Chanakya.

"Rishi" is a title from ancient Vedic Culture era. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TejeshwarTaneja (talk • contribs) 22:39, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

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Jurist?
Cannot find credible source which lists him as being a jurist. For this reason I am removing the term jurist being applied to him. Lets keep this article factual please, thanks.Andiar.rohnds (talk) 22:21, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Read Chanakya written arthashasthra and chanakya neeti you will understand 21aryan (talk) 18:21, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Professor Chanayka?
Professor Chanakya?

That jokers are writing into the article pages of Wikipedia is a known thing.

However, calling a Chanakya professor would be the height of irresponsible writing. Very few academicians do have the originality to create anything like Arthashastra. Generally academicians are apt is parroting other peoples ideas.

It is a terrible act to define great thinkers with the definition meant for rank mediocre individuals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.214.29.163 (talk) 16:03, 18 June 2016 (UTC)


 * While agree that western writers are blind to things outside of their culture. Perhaps, giving them the benefit of the doubt we could consider that since Chankaya did teach at Takshasila and was an "Acharya" then that could be translated as "professor." Just a thought.24.139.24.163 (talk) 16:15, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 6 March 2018
1. Change the last sentence of the first paragraph from, "His works were lost near the end of the Gupta Empire and not rediscovered until the early twentieth century.[4]", to, "His works were lost near the end of the Gupta Empire until rediscovered in 1905 by a librarian R. Shamasastry, who translated Chanakya's Arthashstra into English.[4][5]"

2. Insert a new reference [5] for R. Shamasastry's work referred to above, as follows: "5. R. Shamasastry's translation of Arthashastra: https://ia802703.us.archive.org/13/items/Arthasastra_English_Translation/Arthashastra_of_Chanakya_-_English.pdf" Comp ounding (talk) 00:48, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The source for these claims cannot be the work itself. They must come from a third party.      Spintendo       22:26, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

-- I appreciate the attention to my suggested edits. Taking into account the objection raised to the original edit, I suggest the following changes to improve the specificity of the information in the sentence. With the suggested change, the specificity of the original sentence is improved by replacing the vague date of "not rediscovered until the early twentieth century" by the precise year when they were discovered (1905) and by whom (R. Shamasastry). In addition, the change also allows linking R. Shamasastry's name to the existing Wikipedia page on him. Thus,

1. Change the last sentence of the first paragraph from, "His works were lost near the end of the Gupta Empire and not rediscovered until the early twentieth century.[4]", to, "His works were lost near the end of the Gupta Empire until rediscovered in 1905 by the librarian R. Shamasastry [4]"

2. Hyperlink R. Shamasastry's name to the wikipedia page: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Shamasastry#The_discovery'

Thanks! Comp ounding (talk) 11:56, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done, the message left wasn't about the reason for your edit or its usefulness, it was about sourcing.  Claims in Wikipedia articles should be supported by reliable, third-party sources and linking to Shamasastry's translation of Chanakya as evidence that Shamasastry found Chanakya's writing is not useful.  I was able to find a source and have added the information to the Literary works section.  According to the manual of Style, the lead only summarizes claims made in the body text.  Claims requiring support should be in the body text with their sources.  I hope this helps.  Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 15:42, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Wrong birthplace
The birthplace shows as Taxila, Pakistan. Pakistan as a country only came into existence in 1947. It should rightfully be Takshashila (Taxila), Ancient India. Prashan.as (talk) 06:31, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 March 2021
Chanakya was Born in Patliputra. And he moved Takshila to study and then became a teacher in Takshila Dharmo rakshoti (talk) 17:37, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * This is correct. He was born in Patliputra, the capitol of Maghadha and went to Takshasila to study, before going back to Pataliutra.24.139.24.163 (talk) 16:18, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Please provide sourcing for anything you'd like added to the article. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:42, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Kutayuddha into Chanakya
Under the section titled "Chanakyan vocabulary", kutayuddha will be provided with more context. The sources currently in the article for Kutayuddha such as Kaushik Roy's 2015 book (Cambridge University Press) have a chapter titled "Kautilya's Kutayuddha" and Giri Deshingkar has titled his piece "Strategic Thinking of Kautilya and Sun Zi", again pointing to Kautilya. DTM (talk) 06:24, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose Though it seems that it was coined by Chanakya, as reliably referenced in the article, it is found in other contexts also. UNDUE in Chanakya. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 14:47, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Why just philospher
Acharya Chanakya Is All side of thinker Wether its political science or war feild or either creating akhand bharta Acharya Chanakya Skillful in evry feild 21aryan (talk) 18:18, 26 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Chankya didn’t create Akhanda Bharat. He only helped Chandragupta Mauryan empire. Mauryan empire didn’t even reach its peak during his time. It reached peak during Ashoka. ChandlerMinh (talk) 07:50, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Info
Please don't put wrong information 21aryan (talk) 05:27, 30 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Kehna kyaa chaahte ho… ChandlerMinh (talk) 07:50, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 July 2022
Please Sumit Halzed (talk) 07:35, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ It's not clear what your request is. Please use "Change X to Y" format. Adakiko (talk) 08:26, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Social
Chanakya 103.24.22.34 (talk) 16:30, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2023
Plays--Adityatejwani (talk) 19:54, 22 April 2023 (UTC) Indian television actor Manoj Joshi has been doing the role of Chanakya in the play that goes by the same name since 1990. Initially starting in Gujarati language, it was enacted in Hindi since 1993-94 and since then it has been enacted more than a thousand times till 2018 across various Indian cities and platforms in theatres and colleges. Today Joshi who is now a padmashree still plays the lead role in the play inspiring millions across India.

Source https://m.rediff.com/amp/movies/special/he-has-played-chanakya-1039-times/20180310.htm

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/manoj-joshi-has-grand-plans-for-silver-jubilee-of-play-chanakya/lite/

https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/manoj-joshi-has-been-playing-chanakya-since-24-years/articleshow/45660396.cms

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chankay_Play_Manoj_Joshi.JPG Adityatejwani (talk) 19:54, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 14:17, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

IP edit request
This is an edit request that an IP left on my user-talk page. But I'm not clear (at all) on what the IP is asking for. Can anyone help? – S. Rich (talk) 22:30, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

" == Chanakya == Please! correct an information about chanakya he belongs to "Bhumihar Brahmin" not "Brahmin" caste. 2409:408A:2B85:BFB4:0:0:3B88:3009 (talk) 14:10, 16 June 2023 (UTC) "

Dates of birth and death
Hello dear Wikipedia, After consulting the cited sources I couldn’t find any proof for the given dates of birth and death. The dates itself lack any citation. Where did the dates come from and is there a source? Many publications give random dates somewhere around the time given in the article. But I couldn’t find a source yet to illustrate how these dates came to be. Flaverius (talk) 10:28, 15 November 2023 (UTC)