English PDFs are here: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hindu2/2014/10/arthashastra-of-kautilya-by-r-shamasastry/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hindu2/2014/10/arthas

English PDFs are here: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hindu2/2014/10/arthashastra-of-kautilya-by-r-shamasastry/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hindu2/2014/10/arthashastra-of-... You would find going through the initial chapters a little boring, as they are largely definition heavy. The good parts start a little later. Everything from how spies should operate, to which herbs mixture cause great poisons, and torture solutions, to how gold, mercury, etc can be extracted.