Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra (Kautilya’s Arthashastra, KAŚ) offers remarkably robust and systematic guidelines for various facets of forest governnace, most of which are relevant for contemporary policy makers and administrators.

Pedagogy available through various curriculum in general and foresters' curriculum in particular in the formative years makes one believe that the forestry in India owes its existence solely to the British rulers and the German foresters.

The wonderful framework available in KAŚ is presented to the readers in simple and easy to understand language with Forest Governance in focus, which had hitherto remained confined to the wonderful treatise and research papers authored by great scholars.