I don&#x27;t know whether it&#x27;s well-regarded; I do however highly recommend the translation-cum-rearrangement by Rangarajan: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Arthashastra-Penguin-classics-Kautilya&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0140446036&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Arthashastra-Penguin-classics-Kautilya...</a> (I&#x27;ve read it myself, and found it quite good.)<p>(He&#x27;s re-arranged it to be coherent for a modern reader; one reason for this is because the original was meant to be memorised and perhaps used from memory, and was ordered accordingly.)