Indigenous Historical Knowledge

This book is the second in a series of three volumes on Kautilya and His Vocabulary as a part of the “Indigenous Historical Knowledge” project undertaken by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. The edited volumes contain select papers presented in a series of workshops, national and international seminars organised by the Institute. The project is an attempt to trace, look into, analyse and relate with the indigenous strategic thinking in India. These volumes aim at initiating the study, internalisation, spread and consolidation of Kautilya's Arthashastra in the strategic domain. The four focus themes in the three volumes are foreign policy, intelligence, war and internal security as they relate to contemporary times.

Col. Pradeep Kumar Gautam (Retd.) is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi and convener of the workshops and seminars with regard to the "Indigenous Historical Knowledge"project. Dr Saurabh Mishra is currently working as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He has done his Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University; and is associated with the "Indigenous Historical Knowledge" project since its inception. Dr Arvind Gupta is currently the Deputy National Security Advisor to the Government of India. He was the Director General Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, before joining the current position. He had also held the Lal Bahadur Shastri Chair on National Security at the Institute. He retired from the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) after serving in the Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Missions abroad in different capacities.