The Arthashastra for Children Kautilya’s Arthashastra, compiled around 300 BCE is a world-renowned treatise on statecraft, which is considered relevant to this day. My latest book The Arthashastra for Children, published by Puffin Books is an adapted and abridged version of the original and aims to introduce young readers to this heritage work while providing essential insights into the working of the government machinery. After sharing the dramatic story of its rediscovery by Rudrapatna Shamasastry in Mysore in 1904, it provides a brief introduction to the work, its contemporary relevance and its author Kautilya/Chanakya. Subsequently, it covers all the salient topics from the original work—the duties and objectives of the ruler, well-organized state, benefits of a sound economy, raising revenue, public administration, judicial system, the intelligence network and foreign policy. Kautilya’s theories are presented in language that is accessible to young readers and