I'll highly recommend "Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor". https://www.amazon.com/Ashoka-Search-Indias-Lost-Emperor/dp/1468300717 https://www.amazon.c

I'll highly recommend "Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor". https://www.amazon.com/Ashoka-Search-Indias-Lost-Emperor/dp/1468300717 https://www.amazon.com/Ashoka-Search-Indias-Lost-Emperor/dp/... Not so much about Chanakya, but about that period in India, and describes in depth how the history was pieced together.