Excerpt from Kamandakiya Nitisara, or the Elements of Polity, in English An internal evidence of some moment is in favour of the anti quity which tradition has ascribed to this work. It is dedicated to Chandragupta, and the author, a Buddhist, apparently with a view not to offend the feelings of his Hindu patron with the name of a Buddhist deity, has thought fit to forego the usual invocation at the commencement of his work - a Circumstance which has been made the theme of much erudite disquisition b) the author of the Siddhanta Muktavalt.