One section of this work provides a list of crimes specifically applicable to women and suggests punishing them by using phrases such as "thou half-naked, thou cripple.
One section of this work provides a list of crimes specifically applicable to women and suggests punishing them by using phrases such as "thou half-naked, thou cripple." That section argues marriage is the basis for all disputes and that the use of women's property is the best means of subsistence. A late section of this treatise argues that spies disguised as snakes with oil rubbed on them is probably the best way to entice a rival king with a secret contrivance. This work argues that the regimen of a king should consist of eight periods of time during the day and eight periods of time during the night. During night, he may study secret missives and improve his cavalry by examining his elephants, and this work also discusses the proper use of spies and weapons of fire. Weber argues in Politics as a Vocation that this treatise makes The Prince look harmless. For 10 points identify this treatise on military theory and statecraft, a work penned by Kautilya for Chandragupta Maurya.
One section of this work provides a list of crimes specifically applicable to women and suggests punishing them by using phrases such as "thou half-naked, thou cripple.
Arthashastra or Arthasastra