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Chanakya described different interest rates for different...
2027-02-23
India had formal compound interest documented
in the Arthashastra — in 300 BCE.
Chanakya described different interest rates for different risk categories, compound interest calculations, and detailed lending regulations — 2,300 years before modern banking was conceived.
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