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In ancient India, the antecedents of politics can be traced back to the Rig-Veda, Samhitas, Brahmanas, the Mahabharata and Buddhist Pali Canon.

Chanakya ( c. 350 – 275 BC ) was a political thinker in Takshashila.

Chanakya wrote the Arthashastra, a treatise on political thought, economics and social order.

It discusses monetary and fiscal policies, welfare, international relations, and war strategies in detail, among other topics.

The Manusmriti, dated to about two centuries after the time of Chanakya is another important Indian political treatise.