Research on the Thought of Intelligence in Arthashastra
[Research purpose]Arthashastra contains a wealth of intelligence thoughts,and systematically sorting out its information ide-as is conducive to understanding the development of the history of information thoughts in the world,and has important enlightening signif-icance for the construction of intelligence theories with Chinese characteristics.[Research method]Using the methods of text analysis and induction,on the basis of systematically sorting out the intelligence thoughts of Arthashastra,this paper explains its ideological characteris-tics and evaluates them.[Research conclusion]Arthashastra not only has a clear understanding of intelligence activities,but also discus-ses in detail the business contents of intelligence collection,intelligence analysis,organization and operation,and counter-intelligence,etc.Its intelligence thoughts have strong systemicity,sufficient extensibility,certain objectivity and foresight,and have a great impact on Indian intelligence work and intelligence culture,which is worthy of in-depth exploration.