🌍ap world history: modern review

Chanakya

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An advisor to the first Mauryan emperor who authored the Arthashastra, an influential treatise on state regulation of commerce and merchant activity.

AP course connection

Topic 1.3: 1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia from 1200-1450

Unit 1

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