Readings Classics: Arthshastra (Urdu) by Acharya Kautilya Chanakya

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Arthshastra (Urdu) by Acharya Kautilya Chanakya and translated by Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee

Author Biography

Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (December 15, 1917 – October 11, 2005) is a well-known author, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer of Pakistan. Born in Delhi, Haqqee acquired his BA degree from Aligarh Muslim University. He obtained a Master’s degree in English literature from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He has also edited many literary journals and served in media organizations. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in 1985. He has also written for children. He died in Canada in 2005.

His father, Ehtashamuddin Haqqee, wrote short stories, a study of Persian poet Hafez Shirazi, Tarjuman-ul-Ghaib, a translation of Diwan-i-Hafez in verse and assisted Baba-e-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq in compiling his Lughat-i-Kabeer (Grand Urdu Dictionary).