The articles in this volume first appeared in the reputed research journals like
Indian Antiquary, Indian Historical Quarterly, Calcutta Review, and Indian
Culture which have ceased to exist and are not easily available. These articles
by celebrated scholars like Shamasastry, Hermann Jacobi, N N Law and V R R
Dikshitar will provide the readers a feel of the excitement and heat generated
by the rediscovery of the Artha?Èstra in 1905. This volume includes a lively
debate between N N Law and Shamasastry on the problem of translation of the
Artha?Èstra. Multilinguist scholar Benoy Kumar Sarkar provides a glimpse of
Artha Èstra studies in German and Italian languages.