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  1. "India has been good at it, believe me.." SG. Yes. Spying has been part of statecraft from time immemorial. It provides valuable information which can win battles and wars – including the diplomatic types. The Arthashastra (I trust readers as familiar with the name, in the least) mentions using artists as spies to target another state. An extensive spy system is mandated by Chanakya (Kautilya) to maintain peace, law and order internally; and the use of clandestine services to create confusion within enemies and win wars against them. The secret agents were everywhere, both internally and externally; inside houses, in the city, in the countryside, forests, frontiers etc. They adopted a cover which was appropriate to the circumstances; 29 different types with 50 subtypes of covers have been mentioned in the Arthashastra. As a mark of Chanakya’s precision, the exact cover to be used is specified in more than a hundred places in the text. Such activities carried potential dangers. But, of course, we can never be complacent.
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