This guy is described as the Indian Machiavelli, and is quoted several times in Robert Greene's 48 Laws of Power.
You can read his 15 chapter book, for free, at this link:
http://www.mssu.edu/projectsouthasia/history/primarydocs/Arthashastra/index.htm
Anything Greene quotes repeatedly has got to have something to it. Thanks, Cain.
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The old link is dead
Please refer to http://www.bharatadesam.com/literature/kautilya_arthashastra/arthashastra.php if you want to read the Arthashastra.