UPSC 2016 CDS I GK Paper

Kamandaka's Nitisara is a contribution to political morality. The Nitisara of Kamandaka, also known as the Kamandakiya-Nitisara, was composed during the period of Gupta Dynasty. It was based on Kautilya's Arthashastra. It is a post-Maurya treatise narrating the elements of polity divided into twenty sargas and thirty-six prakarans. It deals with, inter alia, the art in statecraft, diplomacy and aspects of warfare.